Instantiate (Verb)

Meaning ¹

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.

Hypernyms

• Observe
• Notice
• Find
• Discover

Related Words

• Instance (noun)
• Instantiation (noun)

Meaning ²

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.

Related Words

• Instance (noun)
• Instantiation (noun)