example
/ɪɡˈzæm.pəl/ noun A1- Something that is representative of all such things in a group.
- Something that serves to illustrate or explain a rule.
- Something that serves as a pattern of behaviour to be imitated (a good example) or not to be imitated (a bad example). · Nelson Mandela was an example for many to follow.
- A person punished as a warning to others.
- A parallel or closely similar case, especially when serving as a precedent or model.
- 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.
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“How did you know, for example, that I did manual labour.
Let us suppose, for example, that he had been approached by some foreign agent.
There was someone in the carriage, for example, with whom he was having an absorbing interview.
Holmes crouched down behind the screen of laurels, and we all three followed his example.
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