verb
Meaning 1
To show or illustrate by example.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: ambitransitive
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
exemplify
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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/ɛɡˈzɛmplɪfaɪ/
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verb
Meaning 2
To be an instance of or serve as an example.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 3
To make an attested copy or transcript of (a document) under seal.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 4
To prove by such an attested copy or transcript.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 5
clarify by giving an example of
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: illustrate, instance
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: elaborate, lucubrate, expatiate, exposit, enlarge, flesh out, expand, expound, dilate
verb
Meaning 6
be characteristic of
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- This compositional style is exemplified by this fugue
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: represent
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: embody, be, personify
History
Etymology
From Middle English exemplifien, from Middle French exemplifier and its etymon Medieval Latin exemplificō, from Latin exemplum (“example”).
Across languages
Translations
23 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Bulgarian: илюстрирам с пример (iljustriram s primer) — to show or illustrate by example
- Catalan: exemplificar — to show or illustrate by example
- Chinese Mandarin: 举例说明 — to show or illustrate by example
- Danish: eksemplificere — to show or illustrate by example
- Faroese: lýsa við dømum — to show or illustrate by example
- Faroese: geva dømi um — to show or illustrate by example
- French: exemplifier — to show or illustrate by example
- French: illustrer — to show or illustrate by example
- German: exemplifizieren — to show or illustrate by example
- German: veranschaulichen — to show or illustrate by example
- Italian: esemplificare — to show or illustrate by example
- Māori: whakatauira — to show or illustrate by example
- Polish: egzemplifikować — to show or illustrate by example
- Portuguese: exemplificar — to show or illustrate by example
- Russian: прояснить примером (projasnit' primerom) — to show or illustrate by example
- Russian: показать на примере (pokazat' na primere) — to show or illustrate by example
- Spanish: ejemplificar — to show or illustrate by example
- Swedish: exemplifiera — to show or illustrate by example
- Turkish: örnek olma — to show or illustrate by example
- Catalan: exemplificar — to serve as an example of
- Danish: eksemplificere — to serve as an example of
- Hungarian: példáz — to serve as an example of
- Māori: whakatauira — to serve as an example of