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instantiate

verb

find an instance of (a word or particular usage of a word)

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Word Facts

Word length
11
Starts with
I
Ends with
E
Contains
NS
Scrabble score
11
Database source
OEWN 2025 Core

How it sounds

Pronunciation

ɪnˈstænʃieɪt

Meaning

Definitions

verb

  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”

verb

  1. represent by an instance

    “This word instantiates the usage that the linguists claimed to be typical for a certain dialect”

In context

Example Sentences

The linguists could not instantiate this sense of the noun that he claimed existed in a certain dialect
This word instantiates the usage that the linguists claimed to be typical for a certain dialect
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