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in·stance
(ĭn′stəns)n.
1.
a. An example that is cited to prove or invalidate a contention or illustrate a point. See Synonyms at example.
b. A case or an occurrence: In all such instances, let conscience be your guide.
2. A step in a process or series of events: You should apply in the first instance to the personnel manager.
3.
a. A suggestion or request: called at the instance of his attorney.
b. Archaic Urgent solicitation or entreaty.
tr.v. in·stanced, in·stanc·ing, in·stanc·es
Idiom: 1. To offer as an example; cite: "I assured her that I was interested in garbage, and instanced the fact that I had once been a garbage inspector myself" (Jane Addams).
2. To demonstrate or show by an example; exemplify: "how absurd it often is to cite a single line from ... a poem for the purpose of instancing the perfection or imperfection of the line's rhythm" (Edgar Allan Poe).
for instance
As an example; for example.
[Middle English instaunce, from Old French instance, request, instant, and from Medieval Latin īnstantia, example, both from Latin, presence, from īnstāns, īnstant-, present; see instant.]
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Adv. | 1. | for instance - as an example; "take ribbon snakes, for example" |
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Translations
مَثَلا
například
for eksempel
til dæmist.d.til að mynda
meselâörneğin
instance
(ˈinstəns) noun an example, especially of a condition or circumstance. As a social worker, he saw many instances of extreme poverty.
for instance for example. Some birds, penguins for instance, cannot fly at all.
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