Tra từ example - Từ điển Oxford Learners Wordfinder Dictionary

helping sb to understand sth UNDERSTAND
- something that we use to help sb understand an explanation or to support an argument: example
This dictionary has plenty of examples to show how words are used.
- a person, thing, etc that we use to show what others of the same kind are like: example
This is a typical example of this artist's work.
- an event or situation that we use as an example: instance
I have given just one instance of the hard work Mrs Woods has done for us recently.
- a situation of a particular type (often used about illnesses): case
This is a typical case of pre-exam stress.
- a small amount of sth that you can use in order to decide if you like it or not: sample
a free sample of shampoo
- a small amount of sth that shows what the rest is like: sample, specimen
to take a blood sample/urine specimen
※ making use of examples
- to say sth as an example: give* (sb) an example (of sth):
You still don't understand? Let me give you an example.
- to explain sth by using an example: illustrate sth; an example you use to illustrate sth: illustration
That illustrates my point exactly. ◎ She showed us some photos as an illustration of the bad conditions in the houses.
- when you give an example, you can say for example, for instance; the short form is eg
There were lots of different kinds of fruit in the market, for example, apples, bananas, oranges and strawberries. ◎ The people there are very kind. For instance, somebody carried my bags all the way to the station.
- if an example is used to show sth which is the same as other things in a larger group, you can say that it represents that group, or that it is typical, representative of it
My ideas represent the general feeling of most of the students in the class. ◎ Is this piece of work representative of the work you've done this year?
※ examples which people copy
- a person, thing or act that we think it is good to copy: example
This brave child is an example to us all.
- a good example to copy: model
Use this letter as a model to help you write your own business letters.
- to copy what sb else has done: follow sb's example
I followed her example and went on a diet.
※ more on copying the behaviour of others BEHAVIOUR
- an act that people see as an example which they can follow in the future: precedent
- if you do sth that other people may later copy, you set* a precedent
If you don't make him pay, you'll set a precedent, and nobody will want to pay.