Dictionary Definition
example
Noun
1 an item of information that is representative
of a type; "this patient provides a typical example of the
syndrome"; "there is an example on page 10" [syn: illustration, instance, representative]
2 a representative form or pattern; "I profited
from his example" [syn: model]
3 something to be imitated; "an exemplar of
success"; "a model of clarity"; "he is the very model of a modern
major general" [syn: exemplar, model, good
example]
4 punishment intended as a warning to others;
"they decided to make an example of him" [syn: deterrent
example, lesson,
object
lesson]
5 an occurrence of something; "it was a case of
bad judgment"; "another instance occurred yesterday"; "but there is
always the famous example of the Smiths" [syn: case, instance]
6 a task performed or problem solved in order to
develop skill or understanding; "you must work the examples at the
end of each chapter in the textbook" [syn: exercise]
User Contributed Dictionary
English
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -ɑːmpəl
Noun
- Something that is representative of all such things in a group.
- Something that serves to explain or illustrate a rule.
- Something that serves as a pattern of behaviour to be imitated (a good example) or not to be imitated
(a bad example).
- "Learn from me, if not by my precepts, then at least by my example, how dangerous is the acquirement of knowledge" - Mary Shelley, Frankenstein
- A person punished as a warning to others.
- A parallel or closely similar case, especially when serving as a precedent or model.
- An instance (as a problem to be solved) serving to illustrate the rule or precept or to act as an exercise in the application of the rule.
Derived terms
Translations
something representative of a group
- Dutch: voorbeeld
- Finnish: esimerkki (Suomi)
- French: exemple
- German: Beispiel
- Hungarian: példány
- Italian: esempio
- Japanese: (, rei)
- Kurdish:
- Latin: exemplum
- Latvian: piemērs , paraugs
- Lower Sorbian: pśikład
- Polish: przykład
- Portuguese: exemplo
- Russian: пример
- Scots: ensaumple
- Slovene: primer
- Spanish: ejemplo
- Swedish: exempel
something serving to explain or illustrate a
rule
- Dutch: voorbeeld
- Finnish: esimerkki
- German: Beispiel
- Greek: παράδειγμα
- Hungarian: példa
- Japanese: (, rei)
- Kurdish:
- Latin: exemplar, exemplum
- Latvian: piemērs
- Lower Sorbian: pśikład
- Polish: przykład
- Russian: пример
- Scots: ensaumple
- Slovene: primer
- Spanish: ejemplar
- Swedish: exempel , illustrativt exempel
- Tatar: mísal
something serving as a pattern of behaviour
person punished as a warning to others
- Finnish: esimerkki, varoittava esimerkki
- German: Exempel
- Hungarian: precedens
- Latvian: piemērs
parallel or closely similar case
instance as a problem to be solved
- ttbc Catalan: exemple
- ttbc Esperanto: ekzemplo , ekzemple = for example
- ttbc Indonesian: contoh
- ttbc Latin: exemplum
- ttbc Malay: contoh, misal
See also
Extensive Definition
An example is a representative of a group or a
concept.
Example may also refer to:
- Exemplum — medieval collections of short stories to be told in sermons
- Exemplar — a prototype or model which others can use to understand a topic better.
- example.com and .example, domain names reserved for use in documentation as examples
- Example (rapper) — a British rapper.
example in Kölsch: Example (Watt ėßß
datt?)
Synonyms, Antonyms and Related Words
admonishment, admonition, alarm, archetype, as an example,
benchmark, call to
mind, case, case in point,
caution, caveat, citation, cite, cite a particular, criterion, cross reference,
cross section, demonstrate, demonstration, deterrent
example, document,
emblem, embodiment, exemplar, exempli gratia,
exemplification,
exemplify, explanation, exponent, final notice, final
warning, for example, for instance, give a for-instance, hint, illustrate, illustration, instance, item, itemize, lesson, little bite, little
smack, model, monition, moral, name, norm, notice, notification, object
lesson, particular,
particularize,
pattern, prototype, quotation, quote, reference, relevant instance,
representation,
representative,
sample, specimen, standard, symbol, taste, taster, threat, tip-off, to illustrate,
type, typical example,
typification,
ultimatum, verbum
sapienti, warning,
warning piece