Instantiate (Verb)
Meaning 1
Represent by an instance; "This word instantiates the usage that the linguists claimed to be typical for a certain dialect".
Classification
Verbs of seeing, hearing, feeling.
Examples
- The sculpture instantiates the mythological scene depicted in the ancient texts.
- This word instantiates the usage that the linguists claimed to be typical for a certain dialect.
- The painting instantiates the style of the impressionist movement of the 19th century.
- The sentence instantiates a common structure found in many languages worldwide.
- The particular example instantiates the principles underlying the economic theory.
Related Words
Meaning 2
Find an instance of (a word or particular usage of a word); "The linguists could not instantiate this sense of the noun that he claimed existed in a certain dialect".
Classification
Verbs of seeing, hearing, feeling.
Examples
- The researchers were unable to instantiate this obsolete verb in any modern text examples.
- In the field of lexicography, finding specific instances to instantiate each definition can take years.
- To instantiate this sense of the word, linguists would need access to regional dialogue collections.
- The editor asked the writer to instantiate this colloquial expression in a contemporary quote.
- Historians were trying to instantiate this period-specific phrase within ancient texts for authenticity.