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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | case, situation |
| Synonyms: | case history, case in point, detail, example, exemplification, exponent, ground, illustration, item, occasion, occurrence, particular, precedent, proof, reason, representative, sample, sampling, specimen, time |
| Main Entry: | case |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | example |
| Synonyms: | case history, exemplification, illustration, instance, occasion, occurrence, representative, sample, sampling, specimen |
| Main Entry: | cite |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | note, quote |
| Synonyms: | adduce, advance, allege, allude to, appeal to, enumerate, evidence, excerpt, exemplify, extract, get down to brass tacks, give as example, illustrate with, indicate, instance, lay, mention, name, number, offer, point out, present, recite, recount, refer to, reference, rehearse, remember, reminisce, repeat, specify, spell out, tell |
| Notes: | cite means to make reference to, refer to; sight is the ability to see, the act of looking or seeing or observing, something worth seeing; site is the piece of land on which something is located or is to be located |
| Main Entry: | exemplar |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | ideal |
| Synonyms: | archetype, copy, criterion, epitome, example, exemplification, illustration, instance, mirror, model, paradigm, paragon, pattern, prototype, specimen, standard, type |
| Main Entry: | exemplify |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | serve as an example |
| Synonyms: | body, cite, clarify, clear up, demonstrate, depict, display, elucidate, emblematize, embody, enlighten, epitomize, evidence, exhibit, illuminate, illustrate, instance, manifest, mirror, personify, quote, represent, show, spell out, symbolize, typify |
| Main Entry: | illustrate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | demonstrate, exemplify |
| Synonyms: | allegorize, bring home, clarify, clear, clear up, delineate, depict, disclose, draw a picture, elucidate, emblematize, embody, emphasize, epitomize, evidence, evince, exhibit, explain, expose, expound, get across, get over, highlight, illuminate, imitate, instance, interpret, lay out, limelight, make clear, make plain, manifest, mark, mirror, ostend, personify, picture, point up, portray, proclaim, represent, reveal, show, show and tell, spotlight*, symbolize, typify, vivify |
| Antonyms: | hide, obscure |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | illustration |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | demonstration, exemplification |
| Synonyms: | analogy, case, case history, case in point, clarification, elucidation, example, explanation, for instance, instance, interpretation, model, representative, sample, sampling, specimen |
| Main Entry: | itemize |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | keep detailed record |
| Synonyms: | catalog, circumstantiate, cite, count, detail, document, enumerate, individualize, instance, inventory, lay out, list, mention, number, particularize, quote, recite, record, recount, rehearse, relate, set out, specify, spell out, tally |
| Main Entry: | manifestation |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | exhibition, proof |
| Synonyms: | appearance, demonstration, disclosure, display, explanation, exposure, expression, indication, instance, mark, materialization, meaning, phenomenon, revelation, show, sign, symptom, token |
| Antonyms: | concealment, cover, hiding, obscurity, vagueness |
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