example

example is a 7-letter English word with 12 senses as noun and transitive verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: One or a portion taken to show the character or quality of the whole; a sample; a specimen. Face value is 18 in Scrabble and 21 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

7 letters · Scrabble 18 · Words With Friends 21 · 12 senses

Definitions

1. noun. One or a portion taken to show the character or quality of the whole; a sample; a specimen.
2. noun. That which is to be followed or imitated as a model; a pattern or copy.
3. noun. That which resembles or corresponds with something else; a precedent; a model.
4. noun. That which is to be avoided; one selected for punishment and to serve as a warning; a warning.
5. noun. An instance serving for illustration of a rule or precept, especially a problem to be solved, or a case to be determined, as an exercise in the application of the rules of any study or branch of science; as, in trigonometry and grammar, the principles and rules are illustrated by examples.
6. transitive verb. To set an example for; to give a precedent for; to exemplify; to give an instance of; to instance.
7. noun. a task performed or problem solved in order to develop skill or understanding

   "you must work the examples at the end of each chapter in the textbook"

   Synonyms: exercise

8. noun. an item of information that is typical of a class or group

   "this patient provides a typical example of the syndrome"

   "there is an example on page 10"

   Synonyms: illustration, instance, representative

9. noun. something to be imitated

   "an exemplar of success"

   "a model of clarity"

   Synonyms: exemplar, model

10. noun. a representative form or pattern

    "I profited from his example"

    Synonyms: model

11. noun. punishment intended as a warning to others

    "they decided to make an example of him"

    Synonyms: lesson

12. noun. an occurrence of something

    "it was a case of bad judgment"

    "another instance occurred yesterday"

    Synonyms: case, instance

Synonyms

exercise, illustration, instance, representative, exemplar, model, lesson, case

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in example:

exempla

Common word forms

exampled, examples, exampling, exampleless

Words from these letters

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