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English Idioms :: example
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example.html - See: FOR EXAMPLE, MAKE AN EXAMPLE OF. |
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Traditional English :: example
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example.html - n. & v. --n. 1 a thing characteristic of its kind or illustrating a general rule. 2 a person, thing, or piece of conduct, regarded in terms of its fitness to be imitated (must set him an example; you are a bad example). 3 a circumstance or treatment seen as a warning to others; a person so treated (shall make an example of you). 4 a problem or exercise designed to illustrate a rule. --v.tr. (usu. in passive) serve as an example of. for example by way of illustration. [ME f. OF f. L exemplum (as EXEMPT)] |
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English Idioms :: example
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example.html - See: FOR EXAMPLE, MAKE AN EXAMPLE OF. |
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Traditional English :: example
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example.html - n. & v. --n. 1 a thing characteristic of its kind or illustrating a general rule. 2 a person, thing, or piece of conduct, regarded in terms of its fitness to be imitated (must set him an example; you are a bad example). 3 a circumstance or treatment seen as a warning to others; a person so treated (shall make an example of you). 4 a problem or exercise designed to illustrate a rule. --v.tr. (usu. in passive) serve as an example of. for example by way of illustration. [ME f. OF f. L exemplum (as EXEMPT)] |
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English Idioms :: example
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example.html - See: FOR EXAMPLE, MAKE AN EXAMPLE OF. |
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Traditional English :: exam
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example.html - n. = EXAMINATION 3. |
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