an occurrence of something; it was a case of bad judgment; another instance occurred yesterday; but there is always the famous example of the Smiths

[ Syn: case , example ]

an item of information that is typical of a class or group; this patient provides a typical example of the syndrome; there is an example on page 10

[ Syn: example , illustration , representative ]

clarify by giving an example of

[ Syn: exemplify , illustrate ]