<p><strong>Noun</strong></p><ul><li>One of a number of things, or a part of something, taken to show the character of the whole: This painting is an example of his early work.</li><li>Synonyms: specimen, sample.</li><li>A pattern or model, as of something to be imitated or avoided: to set a good example.</li><li>Synonyms: lead, precedent, template, standard, pattern, paradigm, model, ideal, exemplar.</li><li>An instance serving for illustration; a representative case: The case histories gave carefully detailed examples of this disease.</li><li>Synonyms: representative, prototype, instance, illustration, exemplification, exemplar, case.</li><li>An instance illustrating a rule or method, as a mathematical problem proposed for solution.</li><li>An instance, especially of punishment, serving as a warning to others: Public executions were meant to be examples to the populace.</li><li>A precedent; parallel case: an action without example.</li></ul><p><strong>Verb</strong></p><ul><li>(Used with object) exampled, exampling: Rare. To give or be an example of; exemplify (used in the passive).</li></ul>