example

About 295.87 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. noun Something that is representative of all such things in a group.
2. noun Something that serves to illustrate or explain a rule.
3. noun Something that serves as a pattern of behaviour to be imitated (a good example) or not to be imitated (a bad example).

   Nelson Mandela was an example for many to follow.

4. noun A person punished as a warning to others.
5. noun A parallel or closely similar case, especially when serving as a precedent or model.
6. noun 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.
7. verb To be illustrated or exemplified (by). (Can we add an example for this sense?)

Similar words

representative exemplar object lesson lesson illustration case model instance exercise deterrent example

Often followed by

of is in the to for and from

Word family

exampled examples exampling made an example set an example