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UK
/ɛɡzˈɑːmpəl/
]
[ US /ɪɡˈzæmpəɫ/ ]
[ US /ɪɡˈzæmpəɫ/ ]
NOUN
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an occurrence of something
another instance occurred yesterday
it was a case of bad judgment
but there is always the famous example of the Smiths -
punishment intended as a warning to others
they decided to make an example of him -
a representative form or pattern
I profited from his example -
an item of information that is typical of a class or group
this patient provides a typical example of the syndrome
there is an example on page 10 -
a task performed or problem solved in order to develop skill or understanding
you must work the examples at the end of each chapter in the textbook -
something to be imitated
he is the very model of a modern major general
an exemplar of success
a model of clarity
How To Use example In A Sentence
- Our interneuronal connections in our brain, for example, process information at chemical signaling speeds of a few hundred feet per second, compared to a billion feet per second for electronics - electronics is a million times faster.
- A liquor pour cost of 18.3%, for example, means that it cost a little more than 18 cents to generate a dollar of liquor sales.
- Back in the mid-1980s, for example, knee replacement surgery was considered a success if the patient wound up with 90 degrees of flexion, which is "nothing near normal," he says. Latest News
- With automobile insurance, for example, an insurance company accepts part of the risk that you will be involved in a car accident. Microeconomics: Price Theory in Practice
- For example, paper might appear to be two-dimensional because it is so thin.
- Designed and built by hiveMODULAR partner Bryan Meyer and his wife, Anne Ryan, this little woodland getaway is a great example of how versatility makes small spaces livable. Jason Sahler | Inhabitat
- The example of the first fighter aces fixed itself in the imaginations of a generation being born just as they had met their deaths. FIGHTER BOYS: Saving Britain 1940
- For example, I see in yonder cupboard near which you are standing, several of what you call boxes (but like everything else in Flatland, they have no tops nor bottoms) full of money; I see also two tablets of accounts. Flatland: a romance of many dimensions (Illustrated)
- Another mystery surrounds the only example of body armour to be found among the primates.
- Following the example set by her father, she has fulfilled her role and done her duty.
