example
Part of speech: noun
verb
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: From Middle English example, exaumple, from Old French example, essaumple, from Latin exemplum (“sample, pattern, specimen, copy for imitation, etc.”, literally “what is taken out”); see exempt. Doublet of exemplum and sample. Displaced native Middle English forebisne, from Old English forebȳsn; and Middle English bisne, from Old English bȳsn (modern English bizen).
Inflected forms:
form: examples
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: ex.
pos: noun
tags: alternative
form: examples
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: exampling
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: exampled
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: exampled
pos: verb
tags: past
form: ex.
pos: verb
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: Something that is representative of all such things in a group.
pos: noun
examples: If Demandt's essay served as a strident example of the German desire for normalcy, a more subtle example was provided by a brief allohistorical depiction of a Nazi victory in World War II written by German historian Michael Salewski in 1999.
The use of algorithms in policing is one example of their increasing influence on our lives. And, as their ubiquity spreads, so too does the debate around whether we should allow ourselves to become so reliant on them – and who, if anyone, is policing their use.
gloss: Something that serves to illustrate or explain a rule.
pos: noun
examples: Plant breeding is always a numbers game.[…]The wild species we use are rich in genetic variation, […]. In addition, we are looking for rare alleles, so the more plants we try, the better. These rarities may be new mutations, or they can be existing ones that are neutral—or are even selected against—in a wild population. A good example is mutations that disrupt seed dispersal, leaving the seeds on the heads long after they are ripe.
gloss: Something that serves as a pattern of behaviour to be imitated (a good example) or not to be imitated (a bad example).
pos: noun
examples: Nelson Mandela was an example for many to follow.
For I haue giuen you an example, that yee ſhould doe, as I haue done to you.
I gave, thou ſay'ſt, th' example, / I led the way;
Learn from me, if not by my precepts, at least by my example, how dangerous is the acquirement of knowledge,[…]
The Celebrity, by arts unknown, induced Mrs. Judge Short and two other ladies to call at Mohair on a certain afternoon when Mr. Cooke was trying a trotter on the track.[…]Their example was followed by others at a time when the master of Mohair was superintending in person the docking of some two-year-olds, and equally invisible.
gloss: A person punished as a warning to others.
pos: noun
examples: […]hang him, hee'le be made an example.
Now theſe things were our examples, to the intent wee ſhould not luſt after euil things, as they alſo luſted.
gloss: A parallel or closely similar case, especially when serving as a precedent or model.
pos: noun
examples: Such temperate order in ſo fierce a cauſe, / Doth want example:[…]
gloss: An instance (as a problem to be solved) serving to illustrate the rule or precept or to act as an exercise in the application of the rule.
pos: noun
gloss: To be illustrated or exemplified (by).
pos: verb
Synonyms: byspel
exemplar
exemplificator
exemplum
e.g.
Related words: exemplar
model
pattern
quotation
template
Derived words: by way of example
counterexample
example in point
exampleless
exampler
exemplarily
exemplary
exemplification
exemplify
for example
lead by example
make an example of
nonexample
proof by example
set an example
Stein's example
textbook example
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