Word Meaning

example definition and meaning

n. One or a portion taken to show the character or quality of the whole; a sample; a specimen.
n. That which is to be followed or imitated as a model; a pattern or copy.
n. That which resembles or corresponds with something else; a precedent; a model.
n. That which is to be avoided; one selected for punishment and to serve as a warning; a warning.
n. An instance serving for illustration of a rule or precept, especially a problem to be solved, or a case to be determined, as an exercise in the application of the rules of any study or branch of science; as, in trigonometry and grammar, the principles and rules are illustrated by examples.
v. t. To set an example for; to give a precedent for; to exemplify; to give an instance of; to instance.

Crossword clues for example

- Aid for clarity
- Case in point
- Core text provides more than sufficient illustration
- Former Liberal, for instance
- Former spouse large enough to be a model
- Illustration
- Instance
- Instance; illustration
- Model
- Model caught in exam pleading
- Representative of something
- Role model
- Specimen or instance
- Typical case cited by former Liberal