Word | Noun | Adjective | Verb | Adverb |
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instance | Yes | No | Yes | No |
sample | Yes | No | Yes | No |
instance (noun) | sample (noun) |
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an item of information that is typical of a class or group | a small part of something intended as representative of the whole |
an occurrence of something | items selected at random from a population and used to test hypotheses about the population |
all or part of a natural object that is collected and preserved as an example of its class |
instance (verb) | sample (verb) |
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clarify by giving an example of | take a sample of |