instance (
http://definr.com/instance)
n 1: an occurrence of something; "it was a case of bad judgment";
"another instance occurred yesterday"; "but there is
always the famous example of the Smiths" [syn:
case,
example]
2: a single item of information that is representative of a
type; "this patient provides a typical example of the
syndrome"; "there is a good example on page 10" [syn:
example,
illustration,
representative]
v : clarify by giving an example of [syn:
exemplify,
illustrate]