instance
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
- Line style
- core relation
- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
- Direction
- arrow points to the broader concept
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
an occurrence of something
it was a case of bad judgment
Types & categories
- happening hypernym
- humiliation hyponym
- bit hyponym
- time hyponym
Related & opposite
- instance derivation
- instantiate derivation
- instantiate derivation
Sense 2 verb
clarify by giving an example of
Types & categories
- elaborate hypernym
Related & opposite
- example derivation
- exemplar derivation
- example derivation
- exemplification derivation
- case derivation
- exemplifying derivation
Sense 3 noun
an item of information that is typical of a class or group
this patient provides a typical example of the syndrome
Types & categories
- information hypernym
- apology hyponym
- exception hyponym
- precedent hyponym
- quintessence hyponym
- sample hyponym
- specimen hyponym
Related & opposite
- instance derivation
- instantiate derivation
- instantiate derivation
- exemplify derivation
- typic derivation
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | instance |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | instantiate |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | instantiate |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | happening |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | humiliation |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | bit |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | time |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | example |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | exemplar |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | example |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | exemplification |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | case |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | exemplifying |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | elaborate |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | instance |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | instantiate |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | instantiate |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | exemplify |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | typic |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | information |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | apology |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | exception |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | precedent |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | quintessence |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | sample |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | specimen |