specimen applies to any example or sample whether representative or merely existent and available.

Idiom set an example (Definition of example from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

EXAMPLE definition: one of a number of things, or a part of something, taken to show the character of the whole. See examples of example used in a sentence.

If you refer to a person or their behavior as an example to other people, you mean that he or she behaves in a good or correct way that other people should copy.

Example, sample, specimen refer to an individual phenomenon taken as representative of a type, or to a part representative of the whole. Example is used of an object, condition, etc., that is assumed to …

An example is a typically representative part that demonstrates the character of the whole: "Of the despotism to which unrestrained military power leads we have plenty of examples from Alexander to …

Dec 22, 2025 · example (third-person singular simple present examples, present participle exampling, simple past and past participle exampled) To be illustrated or exemplified (by).

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Definition of example noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.

EXAMPLE meaning: 1 : a person or way of behaving that is seen as a model that should be followed; 2 : someone or something that is mentioned to help explain what you are saying or to show that a …