instance
verb/ˈɪnstəns/
/ˈɪnstəns/
(formal)Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they instance | /ˈɪnstəns/ /ˈɪnstəns/ |
| he / she / it instances | /ˈɪnstənsɪz/ /ˈɪnstənsɪz/ |
| past simple instanced | /ˈɪnstənst/ /ˈɪnstənst/ |
| past participle instanced | /ˈɪnstənst/ /ˈɪnstənst/ |
| -ing form instancing | /ˈɪnstənsɪŋ/ /ˈɪnstənsɪŋ/ |
- instance something to give something as an example
- I refer to the situation instanced above.
Word Originlate 16th cent. (in its current sense): from medieval Latin instantia ‘example to the contrary’ (translating Greek enstasis ‘objection’); hence the meaning “single occurrence”.Definitions on the go
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