what does instantiate mean?
INSTANTIATE as VERB
- 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)
- Meaning
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)
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