All instance synonyms
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I i noun instance
- case — A particular case is a particular situation or incident, especially one that you are using as an individual example or instance of something.
- occurrence — the action, fact, or instance of occurring.
- detail — The details of something are its individual features or elements.
- precedent — Law. a legal decision or form of proceeding serving as an authoritative rule or pattern in future similar or analogous cases.
- item — a separate article or particular: 50 items on the list.
- reason — a basis or cause, as for some belief, action, fact, event, etc.: the reason for declaring war.
- particular — of or relating to a single or specific person, thing, group, class, occasion, etc., rather than to others or all; special rather than general: one's particular interests in books.
- occasion — a particular time, especially as marked by certain circumstances or occurrences: They met on three occasions.
- proof — evidence sufficient to establish a thing as true, or to produce belief in its truth.
- specimen — a part or an individual taken as exemplifying a whole mass or number; a typical animal, plant, mineral, part, etc.
- illustration — something that illustrates, as a picture in a book or magazine.
- sample — a small part of anything or one of a number, intended to show the quality, style, or nature of the whole; specimen.
- representative — a person or thing that represents another or others.
- time — the system of those sequential relations that any event has to any other, as past, present, or future; indefinite and continuous duration regarded as that in which events succeed one another.
- ground — the act of grinding.
- sampling — a small part of anything or one of a number, intended to show the quality, style, or nature of the whole; specimen.
- example — A thing characteristic of its kind or illustrating a general rule.
- situation — manner of being situated; location or position with reference to environment: The situation of the house allowed for a beautiful view.
- exemplification — The act of exemplifying; a showing or illustrating by example.
- exponent — One who expounds, represents or advocates.
- case history — A person's case history is the record of past events or problems that have affected them, especially their medical history.
- case in point — a specific, appropriate, or relevant instance or example
verb instance
- show — to cause or allow to be seen; exhibit; display.
- quote — to repeat (a passage, phrase, etc.) from a book, speech, or the like, as by way of authority, illustration, etc.
- adduce — If you adduce something such as a fact or reason, you mention it in order to support an argument.
- mention — to refer briefly to; name, specify, or speak of: Don't forget to mention her contribution to the project.
- refer — to direct for information or anything required: He referred me to books on astrology.
- cite — If you cite something, you quote it or mention it, especially as an example or proof of what you are saying.
- specify — to mention or name specifically or definitely; state in detail: He did not specify the amount needed.
- illustrate — to furnish (a book, magazine, etc.) with drawings, pictures, or other artwork intended for explanation, elucidation, or adornment.
- name — a dictionary of given names that indicates whether a name is usually male, female, or unisex and often includes origins as well as meanings; for example, as by indicating that Evangeline, meaning “good news,” comes from Greek. Used primarily as an aid in selecting a name for a baby, dictionaries of names may also include lists of famous people who have shared a name and information about its current popularity ranking.
- exemplify — Be a typical example of.