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Definition of instance : 1. A token; a sign; a symptom or indication.
2. Occasion; order of occurrence.
3. That which is instant or urgent; motive.
4. That which offers itself or is offered as an illustrative case; something cited in proof or exemplification; a case occurring; an example.
5. The act or quality of being instant or pressing; urgency; solicitation; application; suggestion; motion.
6. To give an example.
7. To mention as a case or example; to refer to; to cite; as, to instance a fact.

Synonyms:

congresswoman, casing, subject, illustrate, exemplification, object lesson, represent, study at example, occurrence, grammatical case, substitute, insistence, action, compositor's case, caseful, cause, sheath, type, exercise, font, vitrine, event, good example, fount, law, shell, pattern, showcase, pillowcase, situation, pillow slip, causa, pressing, typesetter's case, case, slip, face, spokesperson, display case, illustration, eccentric, warrant, lawsuit, congressman, obiter dictum, precedent, antecedent, suit, exemplar, continue, interpreter, insistency, guinea pig, character, typeface, seek, lesson, representative, deterrent example, exemplify, authority, voice

ideal, prototype, archetypal, specimen, model, exemplary, example, simulation, image, sample

Usage examples:

• But there is one instance in which the two agree. - "A Grammar of Freethought", Chapman Cohen.
• There's Mr Bob Howlett, for instance. - "The Black Bar", George Manville Fenn.
• In the present instance, however, she had been wrong, for when Felix reached the door of his own room, Mrs. Baker was coming out of it. - "Orley Farm", Anthony Trollope.