exemplifyverb [ T ]
uk/ɪɡˈzem.plɪ.faɪ/us/ɪɡˈzem.plə.faɪ/C2 to be or give a typical example of something:
This painting perfectly exemplifies the naturalistic style which was so popular at the time.
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Typifying, illustrating and exemplifying
- analogy
- archetype
- be sb all over idiom
- betoken
- by way of idiom
- genre
- hold
- mark
- Mr
- Mrs
- quintessential
- representative
- resemble
- stand
- true
- trust
- trust sb (to do sth)! idiom
- typical
- typically
- typify
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exemplification
noun [ C or U ] uk/ɪɡˌzem.plɪ.fɪˈkeɪ.ʃən/us/ɪɡˌzem.plə.fəˈkeɪ.ʃən/