for example
Syllables: for ex·am·ple/fəɹ ɪɡˈzɑːm.p(ə)l//ˌfoɹ ɪɡˈzæm.pəl/
for example prepositional phrase: as an example.
Prepositional phrase
- As an example.
- The book has quite a few plot holes. For example, it's never explained why the main character came to town.
- The more highly the injured part is endowed with sensory nerves the more marked is the shock; a crush of the hand, for example, is attended with a more intense degree of shock than a correspondingly severe crush of the foot1921, Alexis Thomson, Alexander Miles, Manual of Surgery
- Synonyms:
- as, e.g., for instance, like, such as
for example meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
for example in Hindi
- as an example
- उदाहरण के लिए udāhraṇ ke lie, उदाहरण के तौर पर udāhraṇ ke taur par, मिसाल के लिये misāl ke liye, मिसाल के तौर पर misāl ke taur par, मसलन maslan, उदाहरणार्थ udāharṇārth
for example in Tamil
- எடுத்துக் காட்டாக
for example in Marathi
- as an example
- उदाहरणार्थ udāharṇārtha
for example in Urdu
- as an example
- مثال کے طور پر misāl ke taur par, مثلاً masalan, vulg. maslan
More languagesFewer languages
- for example in Bengali
- যেমন jemon
- for example in Telugu
- ఉదాహరణకి udāharaṇaki
- for example in Malayalam
- ഉദാഹരണമായി, ഉദാഹരണത്തിന്, ദൃഷ്ടാന്തമായി, ദൃഷ്ടാന്തത്തിന്
- for example in Punjabi
- مَثَلاً mas̱alan
- for example in Gujarati
- દા.ત. dā.ta.
- for example in Sanskrit
- दृष्टान्तरूपेण dṛṣṭāntarūpeṇa
- for example in Pashto
- مثلا masalán
- for example in Tagalog
- halimbawa
- for example in Arabic
- مَثَلاً maṯalan, عَلَى سَبِيل الْمِثَال ʕalā sabīl al-miṯāl, نَحْوَ naḥwa, مثلا masalan
- for example in Malay
- contohnya, misalnya
- for example in Indonesian
- misalnya
- for example in Persian
- مثلاً masalan
- for example in Thai
- อย่างเช่น yàang-chêen, เป็นต้น bpen-dtôn, เป็นต้นว่า bpen-dtôn-wâa
- for example in Vietnamese
- ví dụ, thí dụ
- for example in Myanmar
- ဥပမာ u.pa.ma
Synonyms of for example
Antonyms
Origin of for example
First attested in the second half of the 16th century.
Questions about for example
- What does for example mean?
- For example means as an example.
- What is for example in Hindi?
- For example in Hindi is उदाहरण के लिए (udāhraṇ ke lie), उदाहरण के तौर पर (udāhraṇ ke taur par), मिसाल के लिये (misāl ke liye). See For example meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is for example?
- For example is a prepositional phrase.
- How do you pronounce for example?
- For example is pronounced /fəɹ ɪɡˈzɑːm.p(ə)l/ (UK).
Words near for example in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: for example (page history and authors); for example (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); যেমন (Bengali) (page history and authors); for example (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license); દા.ત. (Gujarati) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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