Example

Noun

 * 1) Something that is representative of all such things in a group.
 * 2) Something that serves to illustrate or explain a rule.
 * 3) Something that serves as a pattern of behaviour to be imitated (a good example) or not to be imitated (a bad example).
 * 4) A person punished as a warning to others.
 * 5) A parallel or closely similar case, especially when serving as a precedent or model.
 * 6) 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.

Verb

 * 1) To be illustrated or exemplified (by)

Adjectives for Example
pernicious; glaring; magnificent; picturesque; genuine; colorful; notorious; admirable; subsequent; fond; familiar; notable; remote; fatal; stirring; savage; disastrous; illustrious; shining; encouraging; extreme; servile; debasing; effective; melancholy; comparative; innumerable (pi); legible; elaborate; excellent; crudest; supreme; imitated; striking; foremost; tardy; ultimate; enlightening; noble; unique; analogous; uncommon; impressive; attainable; painful; recorded; vicious; vindictive; concrete; classic; splendid; pathetic; judicious morbid; eloquent; conspicuous; astounding contagious; flagrant; haphazard; executive pregnant; high-poised; rare; instructive formidable; heroic; valuable; patriotic.

Verbs for Example
afford—; cite—; cull—; display as—; emulate—; encourage—; enumerate—s; exhibit—; follow—; glorify—; imitate—; interpret—; make—of; pattern on—; unearth—; view—; —defiles; —illustrates; —incites; —proves; —verifies.

Synonyms for Example

 * ,, model, exemplar, pattern, ideal, archetype, type, sample, specimen, standard, warning, illustration, exemplification, precedent, prototype, design, mold, copy, original, representation, typical case

Derived terms

 * for example
 * make an example of
 * proof by example
 * set an example

Related terms

 * exemplary

Thesaurus
admonishment, admonition, alarm, archetype, as an example, benchmark, call to mind, case, case in point, caution, caveat, citation, cite, cite a particular, criterion, cross reference, cross section, demonstrate, demonstration, deterrent example, document, emblem, embodiment, exemplar, exempli gratia, exemplification, exemplify, explanation, exponent, final notice, final warning, for example, for instance, give a for-instance, hint, illustrate, illustration, instance, item, itemize, lesson, little bite, little smack, model, monition, moral, name, norm, notice, notification, object lesson, particular, particularize, pattern, prototype, quotation, quote, reference, relevant instance, representation, representative, sample, specimen, standard, symbol, taste, taster, threat, tip-off, to illustrate, type, typical example, typification, ultimatum, verbum sapienti, warning, warning piece

Etymology
From example: from  essample: (French: exemple:) from  exemplum: from eximo: from ex: + emo:; see exempt. Compare ensample, sample, exemplar. Displaced native Middle English bisne, forbus, forbusen "example, model, template, exemplar" (from Old English bīsen, forebīsen, forebȳsen "example, model, template, exemplar") and Middle English byspel "example, proverb" (from Old English bīspel).

Noun

 * Albanian:
 * Arabic: أمثولة,
 * Armenian:
 * Basque: adibide
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:, 例題, 例题, ,
 * Crimean Tatar:
 * Danish: eksempel
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish: esimerkki
 * French:
 * German:
 * Greek:
 * Hungarian:
 * Hindi: ,
 * Icelandic: dæmi
 * Indonesian: misal
 * Italian:
 * Japanese:, 例え, 例題
 * Kamba:


 * Kurdish: نمونه‌
 * Latin:
 * Latvian: piemērs, paraugs
 * Lithuanian: pavyzdys
 * Lower Sorbian: pśikład
 * Luhya:
 * Norwegian: eksempel, døme
 * Persian: مثال
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian: exemplu
 * Russian:
 * Scots: ensaumple
 * Slovene:, primerek
 * Spanish:
 * Swahili: mifano,
 * Swedish:
 * Turkish:
 * Welsh: enghraifft


 * Armenian:
 * Basque: adibide
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * German:
 * Greek:
 * Hindi:, ,
 * Hungarian:
 * Japanese: 例
 * Kurdish: نمونه‌
 * Latin: ,


 * Latvian:
 * Lower Sorbian: pśikład
 * Polish:
 * Russian:
 * Scots: ensaumple
 * Slovene:
 * Spanish:
 * Swahili: mifano
 * Swedish:, illustrativt exempel
 * Tatar: mísal
 * Turkish:


 * Armenian:
 * Basque: adibide, eredu
 * Czech:
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish: ,
 * French:
 * German: ,
 * Haitian Creole:
 * Hungarian:
 * Kurdish: نمونه‌


 * Latin:
 * Latvian: paraugs
 * Polish:
 * Russian:
 * Scots: ensaumple
 * Slovene: zgled
 * Swahili: mifano
 * Swedish:, föredöme
 * Turkish:


 * Finnish: esimerkki, varoittava esimerkki
 * French:
 * German:
 * Hungarian:
 * Latvian:


 * Russian:
 * Swahili: mifano
 * Swedish: (varnande) exempel
 * Turkish: ibret


 * French:
 * Hungarian:
 * Latin:
 * Latvian: piemērs, paraugs
 * Russian:


 * Scots: ensaumple
 * Swahili: mifano
 * Swedish:
 * Turkish:


 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * Hungarian:
 * Latvian:
 * Russian:
 * Scots: ensaumple


 * Slovene:
 * Swahili: mifano
 * Swedish:, övningsexempel
 * Tatar: ürnäk
 * Turkish:

Anagrams

 * exempla