INSTANTIATE as VERB

  1. Meaning
    • find an instance of (a word or particular usage of a word)
    Usage Example(s)
    • The linguists could not instantiate this sense of the noun that he claimed existed in a certain dialect
    Hypernyms(s) instantiate is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower Derived(s)
  2. Meaning
    • represent by an instance
    Usage Example(s)
    • This word instantiates the usage that the linguists claimed to be typical for a certain dialect
    Hypernyms(s) instantiate is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower Derived(s)