example
From Wiktionary
example is part of the Basic English 850.
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- If I give an example of something, I name one of that type of thing.
- A baseball, a softball, a football, and a soccer ball are examples of balls.
- An example is a model of what something else of the same type should be like.
- Look at the example of a model airplane to see how your model airplane should be built.
Synonyms [change]
- (one of a type) representative
- (model) model
