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esimerkki — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • example noun A single case that represents or stands in for a whole group of similar things.
  • illustration noun A picture or diagram used to decorate or explain a text.
  • instance noun A particular example or occurrence of something.
  • specimen noun A single example of something, used to represent or study the wider group it belongs to.

Senses

esimerkki is used for these senses in English:

  • case in point An example that illustrates a point.
  • example Something that serves as a pattern of behaviour to be imitated (a good example) or not to be imitated (a bad example).
  • example A person punished as a warning to others.
  • example An instance (as a problem to be solved) serving to illustrate the rule or precept or to act as an exercise in the application of the rule.
  • exemplification That which exemplifies; a case in point; example.
  • illustration Something which illustrates; a comparison or example intended to make clear or apprehensible, or to remove obscurity.
  • instance A case offered as an exemplification or a precedent; an illustrative example. [from 16th c.]
  • specimen An individual instance that represents a class; an example.

example — full definition

  1. noun A single case that represents or stands in for a whole group of similar things.
  2. noun Something used to explain or illustrate a rule or idea.
  3. noun A model of behaviour that others should — or shouldn't — copy.

illustration — full definition

  1. noun A picture or diagram used to decorate or explain a text.
  2. noun An example that helps make something clear.

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