something representative of all of the group or type to which it belongs
somebody or something that may be copied by other people
You have to set an example for your younger brother
a punishment inflicted as a warning to others, or the recipient of such a punishment
They decided to make an example of them
a problem to be solved to illustrate a rule, e.g. in arithmetic
for example
as an example or illustration
[Middle English via Old French from Latin exemplum sample, from eximere to take out, from ex-1 + emere to take]