- case, instance, example - an occurrence of something; "it was a case of bad judgment"; "another instance occurred yesterday"; "but there is always the famous example of the Smiths"
--1 is a kind of happening, occurrence, natural event
--1 has particulars:humiliation, mortification; piece, bit; time, clip Derived forms: verb instantiate1, verb instantiate2 - example, illustration, instance, representative - an item of information that is representative of a type; "this patient provides a typical example of the syndrome"; "there is an example on page 10"
--2 is a kind of information
--2 has particulars:apology, excuse; exception; precedent, case in point; quintessence; sample; specimen Derived forms: verb instance1, verb instantiate1, verb instantiate2