instance

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   A single example or case of something happening.

   This is just one instance of his rudeness.

2. 2
   noun

   A particular occasion when something occurs.

   In most instances, the medicine works within an hour.

Borrowed from Middle French instance, from Latin īnstantia (“a being near, presence, also perseverance, earnestness, importunity, urgency”), from īnstāns (“urgent”); see instant.

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