example
pronunciation
How to pronounce example in British English:
UK [ɪɡˈzɑːmpl]
How to pronounce example in American English:
US [ɪɡˈzæmpl]
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- Noun:
- an item of information that is representative of a type
- a representative form or pattern
- something to be imitated
- punishment intended as a warning to others
- an occurrence of something
- a task performed or problem solved in order to develop skill or understanding
Word Origin
- example
- example: [14] Etymologically, an example is something that has been ‘taken out’, so that it can be considered separately. The word comes via Old French example from Latin exemplum ‘example’, a derivative of eximere ‘take out’. This was a compound verb formed from the prefix ex- ‘out’ and emere ‘take, buy’ (source of English peremptory, pre-empt, premium, and prompt), and also yielded English exempt [14]. (An earlier Old French version of the word, essample, was borrowed into English in the 13th century as asample, which was the ancestor of modern English sample.)=> exempt, peremptory, premium, prompt, sample
- example (n.)
- late 14c., "an instance typical of a class; a model, either good or bad, action or conduct as an object of imitation; an example to be avoided; punishment as a warning," partial re-Latinization of earlier essample, asaumple (mid-13c.), from Old French essemple "sample, model, example, precedent, cautionary tale," from Latin exemplum "a sample, specimen; image, portrait; pattern, model, precedent; a warning example, one that serves as a warning," literally "that which is taken out," from eximere "take out, remove" (see exempt (adj.)).
Synonym
Example
- 1. Leadership also means setting an example .
- 2. The korean example is pathological .
- 3. An example is climate change .
- 4. British banks are one example .
- 5. This is an example of a growing problem .