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

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.

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

Example may refer to: Exempli gratia (e.g.), usually read out in English as "for example" .example, reserved as a domain name that may not be installed as a top-level domain of the Internet …

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 …

An example of something is a particular situation, object, or person that shows that what is being claimed is true. The doctors gave numerous examples of patients being expelled from the hospital.

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 …

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).

Definition of example. English dictionary and integrated thesaurus for learners, writers, teachers, and students with advanced, intermediate, and beginner levels.

Example definition: One that is representative of a group as a whole.