Meaning

2 senses
  1. (transitive)To represent (a concept, theme, or principle) by an instance.

    To see and test the result of one's CSS for any particular HTML element, one must instantiate that element in a document.

    instanziieren

    ілюструвати прикладомiljustruvaty prykladom

    represent by an instance

  2. (transitive)To create an object (an instance) of a specific class.

    To instantiate a class, we call its constructor.

    инстанцироватьinstancirovatʹ

Translations

6 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
to represent by a concrete instance:
Русский
By meaning 1
to create an object of a specific class:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
to represent by a concrete instance:

Origin

From Latin instāntia + -ate (verb-forming suffix). By surface analysis, instance + -ate.

From Latin instāntia + -ate (verb-forming suffix). By surface analysis, instance + -ate.

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Forms

instantiates, instantiating, instantiated, instantiated
Base forminstantiate · to instantiate
3rd person singularinstantiates
Present participleinstantiating
Past simpleinstantiated
Past participleinstantiated

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyinstantiate
he, she, itinstantiates

Past simpleLesson

all personsinstantiated

Present perfectLesson

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

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill instantiate

Synonyms

4 synonyms
represent by a concrete instance:embodyC2realizeA2channelB1exemplify

Word family

14 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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