exemplify
pronunciation
How to pronounce exemplify in British English:
UK [ɪɡˈzemplɪfaɪ]
How to pronounce exemplify in American English:
US [ɪɡˈzemplɪfaɪ]
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- Verb:
- be characteristic of
- clarify by giving an example of
Word Origin
- exemplify (v.)
- early 15c., "to illustrate by examples, to instruct by (good) example," from Medieval Latin exemplificare "to illustrate," from Latin exemplum "example, pattern, model" (see example). Meaning "to serve as an example" is recorded from 1793. Related: Exemplified; exemplifies; exemplifying.
Synonym
Example
- 1. To indicate clearly ; exemplify or prove .
- 2. I will exemplify my point with a story .
- 3. But if there was ever a company that we should expect to exemplify that idea , surely it was google .
- 4. Perhaps above all other groups teachers exemplify the virtues of the middle class .
- 5. The recent oil price rises exemplify the difficulties which the motor .