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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Pronunciation 1.3 Noun 1.3.1 Derived terms 1.3.2 Translations 1.4 See also

[ English

Rank of this word in the English language, from analyzing texts from Project Gutenberg.
q	greatly	floor	#982: example	class	century	sorry

[ Etymology

From Old French essample (French: exemple), from Latin exemplum.

[ Pronunciation

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• Rhymes: -ɑːmpəl

[ Noun

Singular example

Plural examples

example (plural examples)

1. Something that is representative of all such things in a group.
2. Something that serves to explain or illustrate 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).
   • "Learn from me, if not by my precepts, then at least by my example, how dangerous is the acquirement of knowledge" - Mary Shelley, Frankenstein
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.

[ Derived terms

• for example
• make an example of
• set an example

[ Translations

something representative of a group

Dutch: voorbeeld nl(nl) n. Finnish: esimerkki (Suomi) French: exemple fr(fr) m. German: Beispiel de(de) n. Hungarian: példány hu(hu) Italian: esempio it(it) m. Japanese: 例 (れい, rei) Kurdish: نمونه‌ Latin: exemplum la(la) n.

Latvian: piemērs m., paraugs m. Lower Sorbian: pśikład m. Polish: przykład pl(pl) m. Portuguese: exemplo pt(pt) m. Russian: пример ru(ru) m. Scots: ensaumple Slovene: primer sl(sl) m. Spanish: ejemplo es(es) m. Swedish: exempel sv(sv) n.

something serving to explain or illustrate a rule

Dutch: voorbeeld nl(nl) n. Finnish: esimerkki fi(fi) German: Beispiel de(de) n. Greek: παράδειγμα el(el) (paráthigma) n. Hungarian: példa hu(hu) Japanese: 例 (れい, rei) Kurdish: نمونه‌ Latin: exemplar la(la) n., exemplum la(la) n. Latvian: piemērs lv(lv) m.

Lower Sorbian: pśikład m. Polish: przykład pl(pl) m. Russian: пример m. Scots: ensaumple Slovene: primer sl(sl) m. Spanish: ejemplar es(es) m. Swedish: exempel n., illustrativt exempel n. Tatar: mísal

something serving as a pattern of behaviour

Czech: příklad cs(cs) m. Dutch: voorbeeld nl(nl) Finnish: esimerkki fi(fi), esikuva fi(fi) German: Vorbild de(de) n., Beispiel de(de) n. Hungarian: példa hu(hu) Kurdish: نمونه‌ Latin: exemplum la(la) n.

Latvian: paraugs m. Polish: przykład pl(pl) m. Russian: пример m. Scots: ensaumple Slovene: zgled m. Swedish: exempel sv(sv) n.

person punished as a warning to others

Finnish: esimerkki, varoittava esimerkki German: Exempel de(de) n.

Hungarian: precedens hu(hu) Latvian: piemērs lv(lv) m.

parallel or closely similar case

Hungarian: precedens hu(hu) Latin: exemplum la(la) n. Latvian: piemērs m., paraugs m.

Scots: ensaumple Swedish: exempel sv(sv) n.

instance as a problem to be solved

Finnish: harjoitustehtävä French: exemple fr(fr) m. Hungarian: példa hu(hu) Latvian: piemērs lv(lv) m.

Scots: ensaumple Swedish: exempel sv(sv) n. Tatar: ürnäk Tatar

[ See also

• exemplar
• model
• pattern
• template