Synonyms of the word instance


INSTANCECASE - DILATE - ELABORATE - ENLARGE - EXAMPLE - EXEMPLIFY - EXPAND - EXPATIATE - EXPOSIT - EXPOUND - HAPPENING - ILLUSTRATE - ILLUSTRATION - INFORMATION - LUCUBRATE - OCCURRENCE - OCCURRENT - REPRESENTATIVE

instance

  • n. (obsolete) Urgency of manner or words; an urgent request; insistence.
  • n. (obsolete) A token; a sign; a symptom or indication.
  • n. (obsolete) That which is urgent; motive.
  • n. Occasion; order of occurrence.
  • n. A case offered as an exemplification or a precedent; an illustrative example.
  • n. One of a series of recurring occasions, cases, essentially the same.
  • n. (obsolete) A piece of evidence; a proof or sign (of something).
  • n. (computing) In object-oriented programming: a created object, one that has had memory allocated for local…
  • n. (massively multiplayer online games) A dungeon or other area that is duplicated for each player, or each…
  • n. (massively multiplayer online games) An individual copy of such a dungeon or other area.
  • v. (transitive) To mention as a case or example; to refer to; to cite.
  • v. (intransitive) To cite an example as proof; to exemplify.

case

  • n. An actual event, situation, or fact.
  • n. (now rare) A given condition or state.
  • n. A piece of work, specifically defined within a profession.
  • n. (academia) An instance or event as a topic of study.
  • n. (law) A legal proceeding, lawsuit.
  • n. (grammar) A specific inflection of a word depending on its function in the sentence.
  • n. (grammar, uncountable) Grammatical cases and their meanings taken either as a topic in general or within…
  • n. (medicine) An instance of a specific condition or set of symptoms.
  • n. (programming) A section of code representing one of the actions of a conditional switch.
  • v. (obsolete) To propose hypothetical cases.
  • n. A box that contains or can contain a number of identical items of manufacture.
  • n. A box, sheath, or covering generally.
  • n. A piece of luggage that can be used to transport an apparatus such as a sewing machine.
  • n. An enclosing frame or casing.
  • n. A suitcase.
  • n. A piece of furniture, constructed partially of transparent glass or plastic, within which items can be…
  • n. The outer covering or framework of a piece of apparatus such as a computer.
  • n. (printing, historical) A shallow tray divided into compartments or "boxes" for holding type, traditionally…
  • n. (typography, by extension) The nature of a piece of alphabetic type, whether a “capital” (upper case)…
  • n. (poker slang) Four of a kind.
  • n. (US) A unit of liquid measure used to measure sales in the beverage industry, equivalent to 192 fluid…
  • n. (mining) A small fissure which admits water into the workings.
  • n. A thin layer of harder metal on the surface of an object whose deeper metal is allowed to remain soft.
  • adj. (poker slang) The last remaining card of a particular rank.
  • v. (transitive) To place (an item or items of manufacture) into a box, as in preparation for shipment.
  • v. (transitive) To cover or protect with, or as if with, a case; to enclose.
  • v. (transitive, informal) To survey (a building or other location) surreptitiously, as in preparation for…

dilate

  • v. (transitive) To enlarge; to make bigger.
  • v. (intransitive) To become wider or larger; to expand.
  • v. (transitive, intransitive) To speak largely and copiously; to dwell in narration; to enlarge; with "on"…

elaborate

  • adj. Highly complex, detailed, or sophisticated.
  • adj. Intricate, fancy, flashy, or showy.
  • v. (intransitive) (used with on when used with an object) To give further detail or explanation (about).

enlarge

  • v. (transitive) To make larger.
  • v. (transitive) To increase the capacity of; to expand; to give free scope or greater scope to; also, to…
  • v. (intransitive) To speak at length upon or on (some subject).
  • v. (archaic) To release; to set at large.
  • v. (nautical) To get more astern or parallel with the vessel's course; to draw aft; said of the wind.
  • v. (law) To extend the time allowed for compliance with (an order or rule).

example

  • n. Something that is representative of all such things in a group.
  • n. Something that serves to illustrate or explain a rule.
  • n. Something that serves as a pattern of behaviour to be imitated (a good example) or not to be imitated…
  • n. A person punished as a warning to others.
  • n. A parallel or closely similar case, especially when serving as a precedent or model.
  • n. An instance (as a problem to be solved) serving to illustrate the rule or precept or to act as an exercise…
  • v. To be illustrated or exemplified (by).

exemplify

  • v. (transitive) To show or illustrate by example.
  • v. (transitive) To be an instance of or serve as an example.
  • v. (transitive) To make an attested copy or transcript of (a document) under seal.

expand

  • v. (transitive) To change (something) from a smaller form and/or size to a larger one.
  • v. (transitive) To increase the extent, number, volume or scope of (something).
  • v. (transitive) To express (something) at length and/or in detail.
  • v. (transitive, algebra) To rewrite (an expression) as a longer, yet equivalent sum of terms.
  • v. (transitive, arithmetic) To multiply both the numerator and the denominator of a fraction by the same…
  • v. (intransitive) To (be) change(d) from a smaller form/size to a larger one.
  • v. (intransitive) To (be) increase(d) in extent, number, volume or scope.
  • v. (intransitive) To speak or write at length or in detail.
  • v. (intransitive) To feel generous or optimistic.

expatiate

  • v. (now rare) To range at large, or without restraint.
  • v. To write or speak at length; to be copious in argument or discussion, to descant.
  • v. (obsolete) To expand; to spread; to extend; to diffuse; to broaden.

exposit

  • v. to expound.

expound

  • v. (transitive) To lay open the meaning of; to explain or discuss at length; to clear of obscurity; to interpret.
  • v. (intransitive) To make a statement, especially at length.

happening

  • v. present participle of happen.
  • adj. (slang, of a place) Busy, lively; vibrant, dynamic; fashionable.
  • adj. (slang, of a person or product) Trendy, up-to-the-minute.
  • n. Something that happens.
  • n. A spontaneous or improvised event, especially one that involves audience participation.

illustrate

  • v. (obsolete) To shed light upon; to illuminate.
  • v. To clarify something by giving, or serving as, an example or a comparison.
  • v. To provide a book or other publication with pictures, diagrams or other explanatory or decorative features.
  • v. (obsolete) To give renown or honour to; to make illustrious; to glorify.

illustration

  • n. The act of illustrating; the act of making clear and distinct; education; also, the state of being illustrated,…
  • n. That which illustrates; a comparison or example intended to make clear or apprehensible, or to remove…
  • n. A picture designed to decorate a volume or elucidate a literary work.
  • n. A calculated prevision of insurance premiums and returns (life insurance).

information

  • n. Things that are or can be known about a given topic; communicable knowledge of something.
  • n. The act of informing or imparting knowledge; notification.
  • n. (law) A statement of criminal activity brought before a judge or magistrate; in the UK, used to inform…
  • n. (obsolete) The act of informing against someone, passing on incriminating knowledge; accusation.
  • n. (now rare) The systematic imparting of knowledge; education, training.
  • n. (now rare) The creation of form; the imparting of a given quality or characteristic; forming, animation.
  • n. (computing) […] the meaning that a human assigns to data by means of the known conventions used in its…
  • n. (Christianity) Divine inspiration.
  • n. A service provided by telephone which provides listed telephone numbers of a subscriber.
  • n. (information theory) Any unambiguous abstract data, the smallest possible unit being the bit.
  • n. As contrasted with data, information is processed to extract relevant data.
  • n. (IT industry jargon) Any ordered sequence of symbols (or signals) (that could contain a message).

lucubrate

  • v. (rare) To work diligently by artificial light; to study at night.
  • v. To work or write like a scholar.

occurrence

  • n. Actual instance when a situation arises.

occurrent

  • adj. Current, actual, occurring.
  • n. (now chiefly philosophy) An event, something that occurs.

representative

  • adj. Typical; having the same properties or interest as a larger group.
  • n. One who may speak for another in a particular capacity, especially in negotiation.
  • n. A member of a legislative or governing body who represents a constituency.
  • n. One that is taken as typical of its class.
  • n. (US, politics) A member of the US House of Representatives.
  • n. Company agent who visits potential purchasers, salesman.

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