Meaning

11 senses
  1. (countable, uncountable)An occasion; an order of occurrence.

    слу́чайslúčaj

    ви́падокvýpadok, поді́яpodíja, інста́нціяinstáncija

    an occurrence of something

  2. (countable, uncountable)A case offered as an exemplification or a precedent; an illustrative example.

    August 30, 1706, Francis Atterbury, a sermon preach'd in the Cathedral Church of St. Paul, at the funeral of Mr. Tho. Bennet most remarkable instances of suffering

    sometimes we love those that are absent, saith Philostratus, and gives instance in his friend Athenodorus, that loved a maid at Corinth whom he never saw […]

    Beispiel, Fall

    приме́рprimér, экземпля́рekzɛmpljár, образе́цobrazéc

    при́кладprýklad, зразо́кzrazók

  3. (countable, uncountable)One of a series of recurring occasions, cases, essentially the same.

  4. (countable, uncountable)A specific occurrence of something that is created or instantiated, such as a database, or an object of a class in object-oriented programming.

    Instanz

    экземпля́рekzempljár

    екземпля́рekzempljár

  5. (countable, uncountable)A dungeon or other area that is duplicated for each player, or each party of players, that enters it, so that each player or party has a private copy of the area, isolated from other players.

  6. (countable, uncountable)An individual copy of such a dungeon or other area.

  7. (Internet, countable, uncountable)An independent server on a decentralised social network, such as Mastodon.

  8. (countable, obsolete, uncountable)Urgency of manner or words; an urgent request; insistence.

  9. (countable, obsolete, uncountable)A token; a sign; a symptom or indication.

  10. (countable, obsolete, uncountable)That which is urgent; motive.

  11. (countable, obsolete, uncountable)A piece of evidence; a proof or sign (of something).

Examples

40 sentences
  1. Take, for instance, your family problems.

    ruВозьмите, например, свои семейные проблемы. — marafon

  2. For instance, what would you have done if you were in my place?

    ruЧто, например, вы бы сделали на моём месте? — sharptoothed

  3. For instance, people who physically have to have alcohol can die from not drinking.

  4. While that's true in the general sense, it does not apply in this instance.

  5. Let's learn something, like a language for instance!

    deLassen Sie uns etwas lernen, zum Beispiel eine Sprache! — al_ex_an_der

Translations

8 languages
Українська
By meaning 3
recurring occasion, case:
case occurring, a case offered as an exemplification, an example:
in computing:
Русский
By meaning 2
recurring occasion, case:
case occurring, a case offered as an exemplification, an example:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
case occurring, a case offered as an exemplification, an example:
in computing:

Origin

Borrowed from Middle French instance, from Latin īnstantia (“a being near, presence, also

Borrowed from Middle French instance, from Latin īnstantia (“a being near, presence, also perseverance, earnestness, importunity, urgency”), from īnstāns (“urgent”); see instant.

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