example
Listen:Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
example/ɪɡˈzɑːmpl/
▶noun
- 1 a thing characteristic of its kind or illustrating a general rule.
■ a written problem or exercise designed to illustrate a rule.
- 2 a person or thing regarded in terms of their fitness to be imitated: parents should set an example.
– phrases
for example by way of illustration.
make an example of punish as a warning or deterrent to others.
for example by way of illustration.
make an example of punish as a warning or deterrent to others.
'example' also found in these Oxford entries:
ablative absolute
- after
- anacoluthon
- anaphora
- apical
- apology
- archetype
- beauty
- because
- belter
- blend
- byword
- case
- catharsis
- cereal
- cite
- classic
- clitic
- colon
- conditional
- Coriolis effect
- cracker
- dangling participle
- determiner
- dilly
- dimension
- direct object
- direct speech
- discourse marker
- disjunctive
- ditransitive
- doublet
- e.g.
- enclitic
- epitome
- epitomize
- excuse
- exemplar
- exemplify
- exemplum
- eye rhyme
- fancy dress
- figure
- filter
- finalism
- follow
- fullerene
- function word
- fundamental unit
