Antonym vs. Instance
Antonymnoun
(semantics) A word which has the opposite meaning of another word.
Antonymnoun
A word that describes one end of a scale, while its opposite describes the other end, such as large versus small; a gradable antonym.
Antonymnoun
A word of opposite meaning; a counterterm; - used as a correlative of synonym.
Antonymnoun
two words that express opposing concepts;
Instancenoun
(obsolete) Urgency of manner or words; an urgent request; insistence.
Instancenoun
(obsolete) A token; a sign; a symptom or indication.
Instancenoun
(obsolete) That which is urgent; motive.
Instancenoun
Occasion; order of occurrence.
Instancenoun
A case offered as an exemplification or a precedent; an illustrative example.
Instancenoun
One of a series of recurring occasions, cases, essentially the same.
Instancenoun
(obsolete) A piece of evidence; a proof or sign (of something).
Instancenoun
(computing) In object-oriented programming: a created object, one that has had memory allocated for local data storage; an instantiation of a class.
Instancenoun
(massively multiplayer online games) A dungeon or other area that is duplicated for each player, or each party of players, that enters it, so that each player or party has a private copy of the area, isolated from other players.
Instancenoun
(massively multiplayer online games) An individual copy of such a dungeon or other area.
Instanceverb
(transitive) To mention as a case or example; to refer to; to cite
Instanceverb
(intransitive) To cite an example as proof; to exemplify.
Instancenoun
The act or quality of being instant or pressing; urgency; solicitation; application; suggestion; motion.
Instancenoun
That which is instant or urgent; motive.
Instancenoun
Occasion; order of occurrence.
Instancenoun
That which offers itself or is offered as an illustrative case; something cited in proof or exemplification; a case occurring; an example; as, we could find no instance of poisoning in the town within the past year.
Instancenoun
A token; a sign; a symptom or indication.
Instanceverb
To mention as a case or example; to refer to; to cite; as, to instance a fact.
Instanceverb
To give an example.
Instancenoun
an occurrence of something;
Instancenoun
an item of information that is representative of a type;
Instanceverb
clarify by giving an example of
