Example

·noun That which is to be followed or imitated as a model; a pattern or copy.

II. Example ·noun That which resembles or corresponds with something else; a precedent; a model.

III. Example ·noun One or a portion taken to show the character or quality of the whole; a sample; a specimen.

IV. Example ·noun That which is to be avoided; one selected for punishment and to serve as a warning; a warning.

V. Example ·vt To set an example for; to give a precedent for; to Exemplify; to give an instance of; to Instance.

VI. Example ·noun An instance serving for illustration of a rule or precept, especially a problem to be solved, or a case to be determined, as an exercise in the application of the rules of any study or branch of science; as, in trigonometry and grammar, the principles and rules are illustrated by examples.