for instance
for instance adverb: as an example.
Adverb
for instance (not comparable)
- As an example.
- Not everything in the economy is getting worse. For instance, inflation has recently fallen.
- At twilight in the summer[…]the mice come out. They[…]eat the luncheon crumbs. Mr. Checkly, for instance, always brought his dinner in a paper parcel in his coat-tail pocket, and ate it when so disposed, sprinkling crumbs lavishly—the only lavishment of which he was ever guilty—on the floor.1892, Walter Besant, chapter II, in The Ivory Gate […], New York, N.Y.: Harper & Brothers, […], →OCLC
- Synonyms:
- for example, e.g., exempli gratia
Noun
for instance (plural for instances)
- An example.
- Here's a for instance.
for instance meaning in Urdu
for instance in Urdu
- مثلاً
Examples of for instance in a sentence
- And I'm straining every nerve to make this one!" / "And the suffering — such as today's, for instance — is unavoidable?"1907, Edith Wharton, The Fruit of the Tree, page 205:
- One taps any source of comfort — Leigh Ashton at Charleston yesterday for instance.1940, Virginia Woolf, edited by Leonard Woolf, A Writer's Diary, published 1953, page 323:
- He might be allowed fifteen minutes to read this book, for instance—or even a book twice as long.1972, Mortimer J. Adler, Charles Van Doren, How to Read a Book, Simon & Schuster, →ISBN, →LCCN, page 18:
- I met one yesterday, for instance – some treat he was!2006, Michael Karpelson, The Master And Margarita, translation of original by Mikhail Afanasevich Bulgakov, page 66:
Synonyms of for instance
Forms of for instance
| Adverb | |
|---|---|
| alternative form | f'rinstance |
| alternative form | frinstance |
| alternative form | fer instance |
| alternative form | ferinstance |
| alternative form | fer-instance |
| Noun | |
| plural | for instances |
Questions about for instance
- What does for instance mean?
- For instance means as an example.
- What is for instance in Urdu?
- For instance in Urdu is مثلاً. See For instance meaning in Urdu.
- How do you use for instance in a sentence?
- And I'm straining every nerve to make this one!" / "And the suffering — such as today's, for instance — is unavoidable?"
- What part of speech is for instance?
- For instance can be an adverb or a noun.
Words near for instance in the dictionary
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