wikipedia|dab=example
English

rank|q|greatly|floor|982|example|class|century|sorry

Etymology
From OF. essample (French: exemple), from L. exemplum.

Pronunciation
audio|en-us-example.ogg|Audio (US)
Rhymes: Rhymes:English:-��mp�l|-��mp�l

Noun
en-noun

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

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.

Derived terms
for example
make an example of
set an example

Translations
trans-top|something representative of a group
Dutch: t+|nl|voorbeeld|n
Finnish: esimerkki (:fi:esimerkki|Suomi)
French: t+|fr|exemple|m
German: t+|de|Beispiel|n
Hungarian: t|hu|példány
Italian: t+|it|esempio|m
Japanese: Jpan|� (Jpan|��, rei)
Kurdish: KUchar|������
Latin: t-|la|exemplum|n
trans-mid
Latvian: piem�rs m, paraugs m
Lower Sorbian: p�ik�ad m
Polish: t+|pl|przyk�ad|m
Portuguese: t-|pt|exemplo|m
Russian: ��име� m
Scots: ensaumple
Slovene: t+|sl|primer|m
Spanish: t-|es|ejemplo|m
Swedish: t+|sv|exempel|n
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trans-top|something serving to explain or illustrate a rule
Dutch: t+|nl|voorbeeld|n
Finnish: t+|fi|esimerkki
Greek: t+|el|�α�άδειγμα|n|trparáthigma|scGrek
Hungarian: t+|hu|példa
Japanese: Jpan|� (Jpan|��, rei)
Kurdish: KUchar|������
Latin: t+|la|exemplar|n, t-|la|exemplum|n
trans-mid
Latvian: t-|lv|piem�rs|m|xs=Latvian
Lower Sorbian: p�ik�ad m
Polish: t+|pl|przyk�ad|m
Scots: ensaumple
Slovene: t+|sl|primer|m
Spanish: t-|es|ejemplar|m
Swedish: exempel n, illustrativt exempel n
Tatar: mísal
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trans-top|something serving as a pattern of behaviour
Czech: t-|cs|p�íklad|m
Dutch: t+|nl|voorbeeld
Finnish: esimerkki, esikuva
Hungarian: t+|hu|példa
Kurdish: KUchar|������
Latin: t-|la|exemplum|n
trans-mid
Latvian: paraugs m
Polish: t+|pl|przyk�ad|m
Scots: ensaumple
Slovene: zgled m
Swedish: t+|sv|exempel|n
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trans-top|person punished as a warning to others
Finnish: esimerkki, varoittava esimerkki
Hungarian: t+|hu|precedens
trans-mid
Latvian: t-|lv|piem�rs|m|xs=Latvian
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trans-top|parallel or closely similar case
Hungarian: t+|hu|precedens
Latin: t-|la|exemplum|n
Latvian: piem�rs m, paraugs m
trans-mid
Scots: ensaumple
Swedish: t+|sv|exempel|n
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trans-top|instance as a problem to be solved
Finnish: harjoitustehtävä
French: t+|fr|exemple|m
Hungarian: t+|hu|példa
Latvian: t-|lv|piem�rs|m|xs=Latvian
trans-mid
Scots: ensaumple
Swedish: t+|sv|exempel|n
Tatar: ürnäk :tt:ürnäk|Tatar
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ttbc|Catalan: exemple m
ttbc|Esperanto: ekzemplo m, ekzemple = for example
ttbc|Indonesian: contoh
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ttbc|Latin: exemplum n
ttbc|Malay: contoh, misal
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See also
exemplar
model
pattern
template

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• 2008-01-03 02:20 - EncycloPetey - /* Translations */

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