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Word: Instance
Speech Type: Noun
Middle English: via Old French from Latin instantia ‘presence, urgency’, from instare ‘be present, press upon’, from in- ‘upon’ + stare ‘to stand’. The original sense was ‘urgency, urgent entreaty’, surviving in at the instance of. In the late 16th century the word denoted a particular case cited to disprove a general assertion, derived from medieval Latin instantia ‘example to the contrary’ (translating Greek enstasis ‘objection’); hence the meaning ‘single occurrence’
ˈɪnst(ə)ns
an example or single occurrence of something
Short Definition:example or single occurrence of something
Examples:- a serious instance of corruption
- the search finds every instance where the word appears
Word: Instance
Speech Type: Verb
ˈɪnst(ə)ns
cite (a fact, case, etc.) as an example
Short Definition:cite (fact, case, etc.) as example
Examples:- I instanced Bob as someone whose commitment had certainly got things done
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