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exemple — 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.
  • exemplar noun Something fit to be imitated; an ideal, a worthy model or role model: a desirable example.
  • model noun A small-scale or simplified copy of something, used to represent it.
  • sample noun A small portion of something given or shown to represent the whole.
  • specimen noun A single example of something, used to represent or study the wider group it belongs to.

Senses

exemple is used for these senses in English:

  • exemplar A manuscript used by a scribe to make a handwritten copy; the original document to be reproduced in a copy machine.
  • model A successful example to be copied, with or without modifications.
  • role model A person who serves as an example, or whose behavior is emulated by others.

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.

exemplar — full definition

  1. noun Something fit to be imitated; an ideal, a worthy model or role model: a desirable example.
  2. noun Something typical or representative; an example that typifies its class.
  3. noun A pattern after which others should be made; an archetype.
  4. noun A well-known use of a scientific theory.

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