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Definitions of instance:

part of speech: noun

Something offered as an illustration or example; suggestion; request.

part of speech: verb transitive

To mention as an example or case in point.

part of speech: verb transitive

To refer to, or offer as an example.

part of speech: noun

Example; a case occurring; order of occurrence, as, in the first instance; solicitation; importunity.

part of speech: verb

To mention or give as an example.

part of speech: noun

Quality of being instant or urgent: solicitation: occurrence: occasion: example.

Usage examples for instance:

• For instance the word " except." "The Darling and Other Stories", Anton Chekhov

• I do not think much of Mr. Whibley's instance of Servius Sulpicius' letter. "Adventures in Criticism", Sir Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch

• Take my case, for instance for I may as well tell you exactly how I stand. "Jess", H. Rider Haggard