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| Main Entry: | instance |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | case, situation |
| Synonyms: | case history, case in point, detail, example, exponent, ground, illustration, item, occasion, occurrence, particular, precedent, proof, reason, representative, sample, specimen, time, exemplification, sampling |
| Main Entry: | instance |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | name |
| Synonyms: | adduce, cite, exemplify, illustrate, mention, quote, refer, show, specify |
| Main Entry: | exemplar |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | ideal |
| Synonyms: | archetype, copy, criterion, epitome, example, illustration, instance, mirror, model, paradigm, paragon, pattern, prototype, specimen, standard, type, exemplification |
| Main Entry: | exemplify |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | serve as an example |
| Synonyms: | body, cite, clarify, clear up, demonstrate, depict, display, elucidate, embody, enlighten, epitomize, evidence, exhibit, illuminate, illustrate, instance, manifest, mirror, personify, quote, represent, show, spell out, symbolize, typify, emblematize |
| Main Entry: | itemize |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | keep detailed record |
| Synonyms: | catalog, cite, count, detail, document, enumerate, instance, inventory, lay out, list, mention, number, quote, recite, record, recount, rehearse, relate, specify, spell out, tally, circumstantiate, individualize, particularize, set out |
| Main Entry: | manifestation |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | exhibition, proof |
| Synonyms: | appearance, demonstration, disclosure, display, explanation, exposure, expression, indication, instance, mark, meaning, phenomenon, revelation, show, sign, symptom, token, materialization |
| Antonyms: | concealment, cover, hiding, obscurity, vagueness |
| Main Entry: | mention |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | refer to |
| Synonyms: | acknowledge, acquaint, adduce, advert, bring up, broach, cite, communicate, declare, designate, detail, disclose, discuss, divulge, enumerate, impart, infer, instance, intimate, introduce, name, notice, notify, observe, point out, quote, recount, remark, report, reveal, specify, state, suggest, tell, throw out, allude to, call attention to, hint at, make known, point to, speak about, speak of, touch on |
| Main Entry: | occurrence |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | happening, development |
| Synonyms: | accident, adventure, affair, appearance, circumstance, condition, contingency, emergency, episode, event, exigency, existence, incidence, incident, instance, juncture, manifestation, occasion, pass, piece, proceeding, routine, scene, situation, state, thing*, transaction, materialization, transpiration |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | possibility |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | feasibility, likelihood; chance |
| Synonyms: | action, break, circumstance, contingency, fair shake*, fling*, fluke*, happening, hazard, hope, incident, instance, liability, occasion, occurrence, odds*, opportunity, play*, prayer*, probability, prospect, risk*, shot*, stab*, toss-up, achievability, attainableness, fifty-fifty*, fortuity, likeliness, outside chance, plausibility, potentiality, practicability, workableness |
| Antonyms: | impossibility, impossible, unfeasibility, unlikelihood |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | precedent |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | authoritative example |
| Synonyms: | antecedent, authority, criterion, exemplar, instance, model, paradigm |
| Main Entry: | quote |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | repeat something spoken, written by another |
| Synonyms: | adduce, attest, cite, detail, excerpt, extract, instance, name, paraphrase, parrot, proclaim, recall, recite, recollect, reference, refer to, retell |
| Notes: | one should use quote exclusively as a verb and use quotation as a noun |
| Main Entry: | sample |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | example, model |
| Synonyms: | bit, bite, case, case history, constituent, cross section, element, fragment, illustration, indication, individual, instance, morsel, part, pattern, piece, portion, representative, segment, sign, specimen, unit, exemplification, sampling, typification |
| Main Entry: | specify |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | designate; decide definitely |
| Synonyms: | blueprint*, cite, condition, define, detail, determine, enumerate, establish, finger*, fix, indicate, instance, inventory, itemize, lay out, limit, list, make, mention, name, peg, point out, precise, put down, set, settle, slot, specialize, spell out, stipulate, tab, tag, be specific, button down, come to the point, draw a picture, get down to brass tacks, get to the point, go into detail, individualize, particularize, pin down, put finger on, show clearly, specificate, specificize, tick off |
| Antonyms: | generalize |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | specimen |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | example, sample |
| Synonyms: | case, case history, copy, cross section, embodiment, exemplar, exhibit, illustration, individual, instance, model, part, pattern, proof, representation, representative, sort, species, type, unit, variety, exemplification, sampling |
| Main Entry: | case in point |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | illustrative example |
| Synonyms: | case, instance, object lesson, precedent, relevant instance, typical case, typical example |
| Main Entry: | cite |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | note, quote |
| Synonyms: | adduce, advance, allege, enumerate, evidence, excerpt, exemplify, extract, indicate, instance, lay, mention, name, number, offer, point out, present, recite, recount, reference, rehearse, remember, reminisce, repeat, specify, spell out, tell, allude to, appeal to, get down to brass tacks, give as example, illustrate with, refer to |
| Main Entry: | illustrate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | demonstrate, exemplify |
| Synonyms: | clarify, clear, clear up, delineate, depict, disclose, elucidate, embody, emphasize, epitomize, evidence, evince, exhibit, explain, expose, expound, get across*, get over*, highlight, illuminate, imitate, instance, interpret, lay out*, limelight*, manifest, mark, mirror, personify, picture, portray, proclaim, represent, reveal, show, show and tell*, spotlight*, symbolize, typify, vivify, allegorize, bring home, draw a picture, emblematize, make clear, make plain, ostend, point up* |
| Antonyms: | hide, obscure |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | illustration |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | demonstration, exemplification |
| Synonyms: | analogy, case, case history, case in point, clarification, elucidation, example, explanation, instance, interpretation, model, representative, sample, specimen, for instance, sampling |
| Main Entry: | piece |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | part |
| Synonyms: | allotment, bit, bite, chunk, cut, division, dole, end, example, fraction, fragment, half, hunk, instance, interest, iota, item, length, lot, lump, member, moiety, morsel, parcel, percentage, portion, quantity, quota, sample, scrap, section, segment, share, shred, slice, specimen, gob, smithereen |
| Antonyms: | whole |
| Main Entry: | refer |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | mention |
| Synonyms: | accredit, adduce, advert, allude, ascribe, assign, associate, attribute, bring up, charge, cite, credit, designate, excerpt, exemplify, extract, glance, hint, impute, indicate, insert, instance, interpolate, introduce, invoke, lay, name, notice, point, point out, quote, specify, direct attention, give as example, make allusion, make mention of, make reference, put down to, speak about, speak of, touch on |
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