Instance

Noun

 * 1)  Urgency of manner or words; an urgent request; insistence.
 * 2) * 1603, John Florio, translating Michel de Montaigne, Essays, II.8:
 * I know one very well alied, to whom, at the instance of a brother of his [...], I spake to that purpose [...].
 * 1) A case offered as an exemplification or a precedent; an illustrative example.
 * 2) * 1621, Robert Burton, The Anatomy of Melancholy:
 * sometimes we love those that are absent, saith Philostratus, and gives instance in his friend Athenodorus, that loved a maid at Corinth whom he never saw [...].
 * 1) A recurring occasion, case etc.
 * 2) * 2010, The Guardian, 11 Oct 2010:
 * The organisations claim fraudsters are targeting properties belonging to both individuals and companies, in some instances using forged documents.
 * 1)  A piece of evidence; a proof or sign (of something).
 * 2) * c. 1594, William Shakespeare, The Comedy of Errors:
 * The reason that I gather he is mad, Besides this present instance of his rage, Is a mad tale he told to day at dinner [...].
 * 1)  In object-oriented programming: a created object, one that has had memory allocated for local data storage; an instantiation of a class.
 * 2)  Questions that we can ask in the context of a computational problem.

Derived terms

 * at the instance of
 * in the first instance
 * in this instance
 * for instance

Related terms

 * instancy
 * instant
 * instantaneous
 * instantial
 * instantiate
 * instantly

Verb

 * 1)  To mention as a case or example; to refer to; to cite; as, to instance a fact.
 * 2)  To cite an example as proof; to exemplify.

Adjectives for Instance
contradictory; isolated; individual; noteworthy; wonderful; abundant; well-authenticated; striking; inconsiderable; parallel; continued; dramatic; precise; memorable; far-famed; admirable; melancholy; conspicuous; arresting; notable; forcible; unfortunate; characteristic;  splendid;   abortive; comparable; notorious; tragic; recorded; solitary; unrelated; typical; worthy; particular; extreme; delightful; present; illustrious; rare; undeniable; remarkable.

Verbs for Instance
afford—; cite—; contradict—; demand—; dispute—; experience—; furnish—; multiply —s; offer—; point out—; provide—; quote —; ridicule—; solicit—; study—; —exemplifies; —illustrates; —indicates; —proves; —reminds.

Adjectives for Instance
unseasonable; luminous; ing; terrible; fleeting; fatal; swift.

Thesaurus
abetment, adduce, anatomize, article, as an example, aspect, atomize, call to mind, case, case history, case in point, circumstantiate, citation, cite, cite a particular, count, cross reference, datum, demonstrate, demonstration, descend to particulars, detail, document, element, emblem, encouragement, enter into detail, event, example, exemplar, exemplification, exemplify, explanation, exponent, facet, fact, factor, for example, for instance, give a for-instance, give full particulars, goading, ground, illustrate, illustration, improper suggestion, incidental, indecent proposal, insistence, item, itemize, matter, minor detail, minutia, minutiae, motion, name, needling, object lesson, occurrence, particular, particularize, pass, point, precedent, pressing, pressure, pricking, prodding, proof, proposal, proposition, quotation, quote, reason, reference, regard, relevant instance, representative, request, resolution, respect, sample, sampling, say, sexual advance, specify, specimen, spell out, spurring, substantiate, suggestion, symbol, thing, type, typical example, urging

Etymology
From instance:, from  instantia:, from instans:; see instant.

Noun

 * Basque: adibide
 * Dutch:
 * Estonian: näide
 * Finnish:


 * Greek: περιστατικό, κρούσμα
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian: caz, exemplu


 * Dutch: voorval
 * Estonian: juhtum
 * Greek: περίπτωση,


 * Polish: ,
 * Portuguese: ,
 * Romanian: întâmplare, circumstanță, incident, ocazie


 * Czech:
 * Finnish:
 * German: Instanz


 * Greek: στιγµιότυπο
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian: instanță


 * : instancia

Anagrams

 * ancients, canniest, catenins, tenascin

Noun

 * 1) occurrence; instance; occasion
 * 2) pressing solicitation
 * 3) prosecution
 * 4)  instance

Etymology

 * From instantia. For the computing sense, reborrowed from  instance.

Anagrams

 * cantines