Meanings
for example1
prepositional phrase
- conjunctiveAs an example.
The book has quite a few plot holes. For example, it's never explained why the main character came to town.
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The more highly the injured part is endowed with sensory nerves the more marked is the shock; a crush of the hand, for example, is attended with a more intense degree of shock than a correspondingly severe crush of the foot
1921, Alexis Thomson, Alexander Miles, Manual of SurgeryFor a structuralist like Edmund Leach, the structure is the meaning. Genesis, for example, is about incest taboos; all the rest is noise and mystification.
1981, William Irwin Thompson, The Time Falling Bodies Take to Light:Mythology, Sexuality and the Origins of Culture, page 12Synonyms: as, e.g., for instance, like, such as
for example2
preposition
Synonyms & antonyms
prepositional phraseAs an example.
More synonyms by meaning
adverbas an example
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Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
First attested in the second half of the 16th century.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Afrikaans byvoorbeeld
- byvoorbeeldas an example
Ancient Greek αὐτίκα, παραδείγματος χάριν
- αὐτίκα (autíka)as an example
- παραδείγματος χάριν (paradeígmatos khárin)as an example
Arabic مَثَلاً, عَلَى سَبِيل الْمِثَال
- مَثَلاً (maṯalan)as an example
- عَلَى سَبِيل الْمِثَال (ʕalā sabīl al-miṯāl)as an example
- نَحْوَ (naḥwa)as an example
- مثلا (masalan)as an example
Basque adibidez
- adibidezas an example
Bulgarian напри́мер
- напри́мер (naprímer)as an example
Catalan per exemple, com ara
- per exempleas an example
- com araas an example
Chinese Cantonese 例如, 譬如
- 例如 (lai⁶ jyu⁴)as an example
- 譬如 (pei³ jyu⁴)as an example
Chinese Mandarin 比如, 例如
- 比如 (bǐrú)as an example
- 例如 (lìrú)as an example
- 譬如 (pìrú)as an example
- 譬若 (pìruò)as an example
Czech například
- napříkladas an example
Danish for eksempel, eksempelvis
- for eksempelas an example
- eksempelvisas an example
Dutch bijvoorbeeld
- bijvoorbeeldas an example
Esperanto ekzemple
- ekzempleas an example
Estonian näiteks
- näiteksas an example
Finnish esimerkiksi
- esimerkiksias an example
French par exemple
- par exempleas an example
German zum Beispiel, beispielsweise
- zum Beispielas an example
- beispielsweiseas an example
- zum Exempelas an example
Greek για παράδειγμα, παραδείγματος χάριν
- για παράδειγμα (gia parádeigma)as an example
- παραδείγματος χάριν (paradeígmatos chárin)as an example
Hebrew לדוגמה, למשל
- לדוגמה (l'dugmá)as an example
- למשל (l'mashál)as an example
Hindi उदाहरण के लिए, उदाहरण के तौर पर
- उदाहरण के लिए (udāhraṇ ke lie)as an example
- उदाहरण के तौर पर (udāhraṇ ke taur par)as an example
- मिसाल के लिये (misāl ke liye)as an example
- मिसाल के तौर पर (misāl ke taur par)as an example
- मसलन (maslan)as an example
- उदाहरणार्थ (udāharṇārth)as an example
Hungarian például
- példáulas an example
Icelandic til dæmis, til að mynda
- til dæmisas an example
- til að myndaas an example
Indonesian misalnya
- misalnyaas an example
Irish mar shampla, cuir i gcás
- mar shamplaas an example
- cuir i gcásas an example
Italian per esempio, ad esempio
- per esempioas an example
- ad esempioas an example
- verbigraziaas an example
Japanese 例えば, 例えるなら
- 例えば (tatoeba)as an example
- 例えるなら (tatoeru nara)as an example
Korean 예컨대
- 예컨대 (yekeondae)as an example
Latin exempli gratia, quemadmodo
- exempli gratiaas an example
- quemadmodoas an example
- tanquamas an example
- quemadmodumas an example
Latvian piemēram
- piemēramas an example
Lithuanian pavyzdžiui
- pavyzdžiuias an example
Malay contohnya, misalnya
- contohnyaas an example
- misalnyaas an example
Māori ina koa
- ina koaas an example
Norwegian Bokmål for eksempel
- for eksempelas an example
Persian مثلاً
- مثلاً (masalan)as an example
Polish na przykład, bodaj
- na przykładas an example
- bodajas an example
Portuguese por exemplo
- por exemploas an example
Punjabi مَثَلاً
- مَثَلاً (mas̱alan)as an example
Romanian de exemplu, spre exemplu
- de exempluas an example
- spre exempluas an example
- de pildăas an example
- cum ar fias an example
- precumas an example
Russian наприме́р
- наприме́р (naprimér)as an example
Scottish Gaelic mar eisimpleir
- mar eisimpleiras an example
Slovak napríklad
- napríkladas an example
Spanish por ejemplo, verbigracia
- por ejemploas an example
- verbigraciaas an example
- verbi gratiaas an example
Swahili kwa mfano
- kwa mfanoas an example
Swedish till exempel, exempelvis
- till exempelas an example
- exempelvisas an example
Tagalog halimbawa
- halimbawaas an example
Thai อย่างเช่น, เป็นต้น
- อย่างเช่น (yàang-chêen)as an example
- เป็นต้น (bpen-dtôn)as an example
- เป็นต้นว่า (bpen-dtôn-wâa)as an example
Turkish örneğin, mesela
- örneğinas an example
- meselaas an example
- sözgelimias an example
- farzımahalas an example
- bir örnek verecek olursakas an example
Ukrainian напри́клад, як-о́т
- напри́клад (naprýklad)as an example
- як-о́т (jak-ót)as an example
- як-то́ (jak-tó)as an example
Urdu مثال کے طور پر, مثلاً
- مثال کے طور پر (misāl ke taur par)as an example
- مثلاً (masalan, vulg. maslan)as an example
Vietnamese ví dụ, thí dụ
- ví dụas an example
- thí dụas an example
Welsh er enghraifft
- er enghraifftas an example
Yiddish אַ שטייגער, צום בײַשפּיל
- אַ שטייגער (a shteyger)as an example
- צום בײַשפּיל (tsum bayshpil)as an example
- למשל (lemoshl)as an example
Zulu ngesibonelo, ngesifanekiso
- ngesiboneloas an example
- ngesifanekisoas an example
- ngomzekeloas an example
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for example. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/for%20example
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“for example.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/for%20example. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “for example,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/for%20example.
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