Dictionary Entry
instance
instance is a 8-letter English word with 10 senses as noun, transitive verb, intransitive verb, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: The act or quality of being instant or pressing; urgency; solicitation; application; suggestion; motion. Face value is 10 in Scrabble and 13 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
8 letters · Scrabble 10 · Words With Friends 13 · 10 senses
Definitions
- 1noun
The act or quality of being instant or pressing; urgency; solicitation; application; suggestion; motion.
- 2noun
That which is instant or urgent; motive.
- 3noun
Occasion; order of occurrence.
- 4noun
That which offers itself or is offered as an illustrative case; something cited in proof or exemplification; a case occurring; an example.
- 5noun
A token; a sign; a symptom or indication.
- 6transitive verb
To mention as a case or example; to refer to; to cite; as, to instance a fact.
- 7intransitive verb
To give an example.
- 8noun
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"
- 9noun
an occurrence of something
"it was a case of bad judgment"
"another instance occurred yesterday"
- 10verb
clarify by giving an example of
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