Usually means: Illustrations to clarify or explain.
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General (10 matching dictionaries)
  1. examples: Merriam-Webster
  2. examples: Collins English Dictionary
  3. examples: Vocabulary.com
  4. Examples, example's, examples: Wordnik
  5. examples: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  6. examples: Wiktionary
  7. examples: Dictionary.com
  8. examples: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  9. Examples: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  10. Examples: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. examples: Legal dictionary

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Examples: Idioms

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. examples: Urban Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (example)

noun:  Something that is representative of all such things in a group.
noun:  Something that serves to illustrate or explain a rule.
noun:  Something that serves as a pattern of behaviour to be imitated (a good example) or not to be imitated (a bad example).
noun:  A person punished as a warning to others.
noun:  A parallel or closely similar case, especially when serving as a precedent or model.
noun:  An instance (as a problem to be solved) serving to illustrate the rule or precept or to act as an exercise in the application of the rule.
verb:  To be illustrated or exemplified (by).
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