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.

Common collocations

• for instance Preposition + noun

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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