instance

Meaning

Verb

1. (transitive) To mention as a case or example; to refer to; to cite
2. (intransitive) To cite an example as proof; to exemplify.
3. To duplicate (a dungeon or other area) for each player, or each party of players, that enters it, so that each player or party has a private copy of the area, isolated from other players.
4. (transitive) To render (an object) as part of a batch, using the same geometry data.

Noun

1. (countable, obsolete, uncountable) Urgency of manner or words; an urgent request; insistence.
2. (countable, obsolete, uncountable) A token; a sign; a symptom or indication.
3. (countable, obsolete, uncountable) That which is urgent; motive.
4. (countable, obsolete, uncountable) A piece of evidence; a proof or sign (of something).
5. (countable, uncountable) Occasion; order of occurrence.
6. (countable, uncountable) A case offered as an exemplification or a precedent; an illustrative example.
7. (countable, uncountable) One of a series of recurring occasions, cases, essentially the same.
8. (countable, uncountable) A specific occurrence of something that is created or instantiated, such as a database, or an object of a class in object-oriented programming.
9. (countable, uncountable) A dungeon or other area that is duplicated for each player, or each party of players, that enters it, so that each player or party has a private copy of the area, isolated from other players.
10. (countable, uncountable) An individual copy of such a dungeon or other area.
11. (Internet, countable, uncountable) An independent server on a decentralised social network, such as Mastodon.

Synonyms

example

case

time

⌚

illustration

sample

occasion

specimen

model

exemplify

representative

chance

🎲

illustrate

occurrence

circumstance

item

event

stroke

echelon

incident

moment

issue

show

usage

account

situation

insistence

cause

reference

exemplar

sense

statement

point

party

🥳

person

🧑‍🦱

proof

opportunity

act

place

paradigm

record

story

come up

execute

exception

cite

affect

evidence

juncture

judgement

journey

Translations

esempio

Beispiel

exemple

istanza

exemplo

ejemplo

instance

voorbeeld

Instanz

örnek

instancia

exemple

caso

🎲

Exempel

exempel

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈɪnstəns/

Etymology

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