example

Noun

• a task performed or problem solved in order to develop skill or understanding
  • you must work the examples at the end of each chapter in the textbook
    

• an occurrence of something
  • it was a case of bad judgment
    
  • another instance occurred yesterday
    
  • but there is always the famous example of the Smiths
    

• punishment intended as a warning to others
  • they decided to make an example of him
    

• something to be imitated
  • an exemplar of success
    
  • a model of clarity
    
  • he is the very model of a modern major general
    

• a representative form or pattern
  • I profited from his example
    

• an item of information that is typical of a class or group
  • this patient provides a typical example of the syndrome
    
  • there is an example on page 10
    

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  exercise , case , instance , deterrent example , lesson , object lesson , exemplar , model , good example , illustration , representative