English verb: instantiate |
1. | instantiate (perception) represent by an instance |
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| Samples | This word instantiates the usage that the linguists claimed to be typical for a certain dialect.
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| Pattern of use | Something ----s something |
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| Broader (hypernym) | represent |
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| Verb group | instantiate |
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2. | instantiate (perception) find an instance of (a word or particular usage of a word) |
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| Samples | The linguists could not instantiate this sense of the noun that he claimed existed in a certain dialect.
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| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s |
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| Broader (hypernym) | detect, discover, find, notice, observe |
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| Verb group | instantiate |
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