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Noun instance has 2 senses
- case, instance, example - an occurrence of something; "it was a case of bad judgment"; "another instance occurred yesterday"; "but there is always the famous example of the Smiths"
--1 is a kind of happening, occurrence, natural event
--1 has particulars:
- example, illustration, instance, representative - an item of information that is representative of a type; "this patient provides a typical example of the syndrome"; "there is an example on page 10"
--2 is a kind of information
--2 has particulars:
Verb instance has 1 sense
- exemplify, illustrate, instance - clarify by giving an example of
--1 is one way to elaborate, lucubrate, expatiate, exposit, enlarge, flesh out, expand, expound, dilate
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
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