Results for instance
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:
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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