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Instances

noun
/ˈɪnstənsɪz/
Word Frequency: 27.1

Definitions

1.nounUrgency of manner or words; an urgent request; insistence.
2.nounA token; a sign; a symptom or indication.
"It sends some precious instance of itself/ After the thing it loves. Hamlet IV. v. ca. 1602"
3.nounThat which is urgent; motive.
4.nounOccasion; order of occurrence.
5.nounA case offered as an exemplification or a precedent; an illustrative example.
6.nounOne of a series of recurring occasions, cases, essentially the same.
7.nounA piece of evidence; a proof or sign (of something).
8.nounA specific occurrence of something that is created or instantiated, such as a database, or an object of a class in object-oriented programming.
9.noun(massively multiplayer online games) A dungeon or other area that is duplicated for each player, or each party of players, that enters it, so that each player or party has a private copy of the area, isolated from other players.
10.noun(massively multiplayer online games) An individual copy of such a dungeon or other area.
11.verbTo mention as a case or example; to refer to; to cite
12.verbTo cite an example as proof; to exemplify.

Synonyms

caseexemplifyillustraterepresentativeexampleillustrationaccidentsactorsactsaffairsagenciesamas

Rhymes With

instance hisinstance is
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