What is the meaning of instantiate?

verb

  • Represent by an instance.
    • usage: "This word instantiates the usage that the linguists claimed to be typical for a certain dialect"
  • Find an instance of (a word or particular usage of a word. )
    • usage: "The linguists could not instantiate this sense of the noun that he claimed existed in a certain dialect"
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APAWordNet. (2010). instantiate. Retrieved September 21, 2026, from http://smartdefine.org/instantiate/definitions/1287242
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