instance
Listen:Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
instance/ˈɪnstəns/
▶noun an example or single occurrence of something.
■ a particular case.
▶verb cite as an example.– phrases
at first instance Law at the first court hearing concerning a case.
at the instance of formal at the request or instigation of.
for instance as an example.
in the first (or second etc.) instance in the first (or second etc.) stage of a proceeding.
at first instance Law at the first court hearing concerning a case.
at the instance of formal at the request or instigation of.
for instance as an example.
in the first (or second etc.) instance in the first (or second etc.) stage of a proceeding.
– origin ME (orig. ‘urgent entreaty’, later ‘example to the contrary’): via OFr. from L. instantia ‘presence, urgency’, from instare ‘be present, press upon’, from in- ‘upon’ + stare ‘to stand’.
'instance' also found in these Oxford entries:
abstention
- act
- airmiss
- ascent
- attack
- backcross
- bite
- bleed
- blush
- break
- burst
- call-out
- call-up
- case
- case study
- catch
- change
- clash
- climb
- collapse
- collection
- collision
- conjunction
- conviction
- cop-out
- court of first instance
- crash
- cross-check
- cross-cut
- cross-fade
- crucial
- cruise
- death
- decrease
- defeat
- dip
- disconnect
- dispatch
- display
- dissolve
- dive
- diversion
- divide
- dodge
- double fault
- downgrade
- downshift
- droop
- drop
- dub
