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example
noun

1. Someone or something that is a typical specimen.

Thesaurus: standard, model, type, sample, archetype, case, precedent, paradigm, exemplar, paragon, parallel, stereotype.
2. Something that illustrates a fact or rule.
3. A person or pattern of behaviour, etc as a model to be, or not to be, copied.

Example: set a good example
4. A punishment given, or the person punished, as a warning to others.

Example: make an example of someone

Idiom: for example

As an example or illustration.
Thesaurus: for instance, e.g., such as, as a model, to illustrate, like.

Etymology: 14c: French, from Latin exemplum.