= example, n.

An example or instance, esp. one of an instructive nature, or which serves as a model for conduct; (as a mass noun) examples or instances, esp…

An instance, example, or specimen of a form of action or activity, function, or quality. Applied to an abstract thing, concept, quality, etc.

A case or instance cited or supplied as evidence or in illustration of an assertion, general rule, etc.; a case in point.

An illustrative or typical instance; a specimen. Also, a representation, symbol, type. Obsolete.

An embodiment or personification of a quality or type; a person who or thing which is typical or characteristic of a category, class, etc., or is an…

A pattern or model, an exemplar; (also) a typical instance of something, an example.

= instance, n. 6. Obsolete.

An example, a specimen; an instance or illustration. Obsolete.

An example that is evidence of or serves to illustrate an assertion, general rule, etc.; a person who or thing which is typical of or embodies a…

A typical, characteristic, or illustrative example; a specimen; an instance. Cf. example, n. 3b, exemplar, n. 4b.

A fact or example brought forward in support of a general assertion or an argument, or in illustration of a general truth. Hence, any thing, person…

= instance, n. 6. Obsolete. rare.

figurative. A specimen, instance, example. Obsolete.

An example, instance, or illustration of something, from which the character of the whole may be inferred.

figurative. A person who typifies or is a prime exemplar of something.

for instance. As n., an example. Frequently in to give (one) a for instance. colloquial (originally U.S.).