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Definition of example

1a thing characteristic of its kind or illustrating a general rule:advertising provides a good example of an industry where dreams have faded
a written problem or exercise designed to illustrate a rule: a workbook and a data set will enable the researcher to follow worked examples

2a person or thing regarded in terms of their fitness to be imitated:it is important that parents should set an example he followed his brother’s example and deserted his family

(be exampled)

be illustrated or exemplified:the extent of Allied naval support is exampled by the navigational specialists provided

Phrases

for example: used to introduce something chosen as a typical case:many, like Hilda, for example, come from very poor backgrounds
make an example of: punish as a warning or deterrent to others: he had been imprisoned so that the air force could make an example of him

late Middle English: from Old French, from Latin exemplum, from eximere 'take out', from ex- 'out' + emere 'take'. Compare with sample

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