Meaning

4 senses
  1. (transitive)To mention as a case or example; to refer to.

    Near-synonyms: adduce, cite

    clarify by giving an example of

  2. (intransitive)To cite an example as proof; to exemplify.

  3. To duplicate (a dungeon or other area) 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.

  4. (transitive)To render (an object) as part of a batch, using the same geometry data.

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

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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Forms

instances, instancing, instanced, instanced
Base forminstance · to instance
3rd person singularinstances
Present participleinstancing
Past simpleinstanced
Past participleinstanced

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyinstance
he, she, itinstances

Past simpleLesson

all personsinstanced

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave instanced
he, she, ithas instanced

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill instance

Synonyms

4 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

1 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary

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