example

Etymology
From, , from , , from ; see. . Displaced native, from ; and , from (modern ).

Noun

 * 1) Something that is representative of all such things in a group.
 * 2) Something that serves to illustrate or explain a rule.
 * 3) Something that serves as a pattern of behaviour to be imitated (a good example) or not to be imitated (a bad example).
 * 4) A person punished as a warning to others.
 * 5) A parallel or closely similar case, especially when serving as a precedent or model.
 * 6) An instance (as a problem to be solved) serving to illustrate the rule or precept or to act as an exercise in the application of the rule.
 * 1) A person punished as a warning to others.
 * 2) A parallel or closely similar case, especially when serving as a precedent or model.
 * 3) An instance (as a problem to be solved) serving to illustrate the rule or precept or to act as an exercise in the application of the rule.
 * 1) A person punished as a warning to others.
 * 2) A parallel or closely similar case, especially when serving as a precedent or model.
 * 3) An instance (as a problem to be solved) serving to illustrate the rule or precept or to act as an exercise in the application of the rule.
 * 1) A parallel or closely similar case, especially when serving as a precedent or model.
 * 2) An instance (as a problem to be solved) serving to illustrate the rule or precept or to act as an exercise in the application of the rule.
 * 1) A parallel or closely similar case, especially when serving as a precedent or model.
 * 2) An instance (as a problem to be solved) serving to illustrate the rule or precept or to act as an exercise in the application of the rule.
 * 1) An instance (as a problem to be solved) serving to illustrate the rule or precept or to act as an exercise in the application of the rule.

Synonyms

 * See also Thesaurus:model
 * See also Thesaurus:exemplar
 * See also Thesaurus:model
 * See also Thesaurus:exemplar
 * See also Thesaurus:model
 * See also Thesaurus:exemplar
 * See also Thesaurus:exemplar

Translations

 * Afrikaans:
 * Albanian:
 * Amharic: ምሳሌ
 * Arabic: مِثَال,, ,
 * Hijazi Arabic: مِثَال, مَثَل
 * Armenian:
 * Asturian:
 * Avar: мисал
 * Azerbaijani: misal,
 * Baluchi: مثال, نمونہ
 * Bashkir: миҫал
 * Basque: adibide
 * Belarusian: пры́клад
 * Bengali:
 * Bulgarian:
 * Burmese: ,
 * Catalan:
 * Central Dusun: poomitanan
 * Chinese:
 * Cantonese: 例子
 * Mandarin:, ,
 * Crimean Tatar: misal
 * Czech:
 * Danish:
 * Dutch:
 * Erzya: невтевкс, невтема, невтематешкс
 * Esperanto:
 * Estonian: näide
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * Galician:
 * Georgian: მაგალითი
 * German: ,
 * Greek:
 * Ancient: παράδειγμα
 * Guaraní: tembiecharã
 * Hebrew:
 * Hindi:, , ,
 * Hungarian: ,
 * Icelandic:
 * Indonesian: ,
 * Interlingua: exemplo
 * Irish: sampla
 * Italian:
 * Japanese:, ,
 * Kamba: mfano
 * Kazakh: мысал
 * Khmer:, តួយ៉ាង
 * Korean:, , , , 례시(例示)
 * Kurdish:
 * Central Kurdish: نمونە
 * Northern Kurdish:, ,
 * Kyrgyz:
 * Lao: ຕົວຢ່າງ
 * Latin: exemplum, specimen
 * Latvian: piemērs, paraugs
 * Lithuanian:
 * Luhya: kumufano
 * Macedonian: пример
 * Malay:, , , teladan
 * Malayalam:
 * Minangkabau: contoh
 * Mongolian:
 * Cyrillic:
 * Northern Sami: ovdamearka
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål:
 * Nynorsk: eksempel, døme
 * Old English: bȳsn
 * Old Norse: dǿmi
 * Oromo: fakkeenya
 * Pashto: ,
 * Persian:
 * Classical Persian:, , ,
 * Iranian Persian: ,
 * Plautdietsch: Väabilt
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Punjabi: ਉਦਾਹਰਨ, ਮਿਸਾਲ
 * Romanian: ,
 * Russian:
 * Sanskrit:
 * Scots: ensaumple
 * Scottish Gaelic: eisimpleir
 * Semai: cuntoh
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: при́мер, при́мјер
 * Roman: ,
 * Silesian: bajszpil
 * Slovak:
 * Slovene:, primerek
 * Sorbian:
 * Lower Sorbian: pśikład
 * Spanish: ,
 * Sranan Tongo: eksempre
 * Swahili: ,
 * Swedish:
 * Tagalog:
 * Tajik: мисол,
 * Tamil:
 * Tatar:
 * Thai:
 * Tigrinya: ኣብነት
 * Turkish:
 * Ukrainian: при́клад
 * Urdu: مِثال, نَمُونَہ
 * Uyghur: مىسلا
 * Uzbek:, ,
 * Vietnamese:
 * Welsh:
 * Yiddish: בײַשפּיל


 * Arabic: مِثَال
 * Hijazi Arabic: مِثَال
 * Armenian:
 * Asturian:
 * Bashkir: миҫал
 * Basque: adibide
 * Belarusian: пры́клад
 * Bulgarian:
 * Catalan:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: ,
 * Czech:
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto:
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * Galician:
 * German:
 * Greek:
 * Ancient: παράδειγμα
 * Greenlandic: assersuut
 * Guaraní: tembiecharã
 * Hindi:, ,
 * Hungarian:
 * Ido:
 * Indonesian:
 * Interlingua: exemplo
 * Irish: sampla
 * Japanese:
 * Kalmyk: үлгүр
 * Kazakh: мысал
 * Korean: ,
 * Kurdish:
 * Central Kurdish: نمونە
 * Kyrgyz:
 * Latin:, exemplum
 * Latvian: piemērs
 * Macedonian: пример
 * Malay: ,
 * Malayalam:
 * Northern Sami: ovdamearka
 * Occitan:
 * Old English: bȳsn
 * Old Norse: dǿmi
 * Persian:
 * Iranian Persian:
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian:
 * Russian:
 * Scots: ensaumple
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: при́мер, при́мјер
 * Roman: ,
 * Slovak:
 * Slovene:
 * Sorbian:
 * Lower Sorbian: pśikład
 * Spanish:
 * Swahili:
 * Swedish:, illustrativt exempel
 * Tajik: мисол
 * Tamil: ,
 * Tatar:
 * Telugu:
 * Turkish:
 * Ukrainian: при́клад
 * Uzbek:
 * Yiddish: בײַשפּיל


 * Armenian:
 * Bashkir: миҫал, өлгө
 * Basque: adibide, eredu
 * Belarusian: пры́клад, узо́р, ўзор
 * Bulgarian: ,
 * Catalan:
 * Czech:
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto:
 * Finnish: ,
 * French:
 * Galician:
 * German: ,
 * Haitian Creole: egzanp
 * Hungarian:
 * Irish: sampla, eiseamláir
 * Italian:
 * Kurdish:
 * Central Kurdish: نمونە
 * Kyrgyz:
 * Latin: exemplum
 * Latvian: paraugs
 * Macedonian: пример
 * Malay: ,
 * Malayalam:
 * Northern Sami: ovdagovva
 * Old English: bȳsn
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian:
 * Russian: ,
 * Scots: ensaumple
 * Slovene: zgled
 * Spanish:
 * Swahili:
 * Swedish: ,
 * Turkish:
 * Ukrainian: при́клад, взір


 * Catalan:
 * Finnish:, varoittava esimerkki
 * French:
 * Galician:
 * German:
 * Hungarian:
 * Latvian: piemērs
 * Macedonian: пример
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian:
 * Russian:
 * Spanish:
 * Swahili:
 * Swedish: (varnande) exempel
 * Turkish:


 * Catalan:
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * Greek:
 * Hungarian:
 * Latin: exemplum
 * Latvian: piemērs, paraugs
 * Macedonian: пример
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian:
 * Russian:
 * Scots: ensaumple
 * Spanish:
 * Swahili:
 * Swedish:
 * Turkish:


 * Bulgarian:
 * Catalan:
 * Finnish: ,
 * French:
 * Galician:
 * Hungarian:
 * Latvian: piemērs
 * Macedonian: пример
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian:
 * Scots: ensaumple
 * Slovene:
 * Swahili:
 * Swedish: ,
 * Tatar:
 * Turkish:


 * Swabian:
 * West Frisian:

Verb

 * 1) To be illustrated or exemplified (by).