Japan is full of beautiful cities. Kyoto and Nara, for instance.
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Instance
//ˈɪnstəns//
Synonyms for "instance" (114 found)
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Closest matches (23)
Strong matches (34)
Related words (57)
Related word relations
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1 entriesSynonyms
3 entriesRelated terms
11 entriescoordinate
2 entriesderived
7 entrieshas context
2 entriesrelated to
33 entriesShowing 16 of 33 words.
Translations
94 translations across 29 languages.
Bashkir
2 entries- осраҡ noun (case occurring, a case offered as an exemplification, an example)
- осраҡ noun (recurring occasion, case)
Basque
1 entries- adibide noun (case occurring, a case offered as an exemplification, an example)
Belarusian
4 entries- асо́бнік noun (case occurring, a case offered as an exemplification, an example)
- вы́падак noun (recurring occasion, case)
- здарэ́нне noun (recurring occasion, case)
- падзе́я noun (recurring occasion, case)
Bulgarian
3 entries- инста́нция noun (recurring occasion, case)
- при́мер noun (case occurring, a case offered as an exemplification, an example)
- случа́й noun (recurring occasion, case)
Czech
1 entries- instance noun (in computing)
Dutch
2 entries- voorbeeld noun (case occurring, a case offered as an exemplification, an example)
- voorval noun (recurring occasion, case)
Esperanto
3 entries- apero noun (in computing)
- dinamika ekzemplero noun (in computing)
- ekzemplo noun (case occurring, a case offered as an exemplification, an example)
Estonian
2 entries- juhtum noun (recurring occasion, case)
- näide noun (case occurring, a case offered as an exemplification, an example)
Finnish
4 entries- esimerkki noun (case occurring, a case offered as an exemplification, an example)
- ilmentymä noun (in computing)
- instanssi noun (in computing)
- tapaus noun (case occurring, a case offered as an exemplification, an example)
French
1 entries- instance noun (case occurring, a case offered as an exemplification, an example)
Georgian
3 entries- მაგალითი noun (case occurring, a case offered as an exemplification, an example)
- ნიმუში noun (case occurring, a case offered as an exemplification, an example)
- შემთხვევა noun (recurring occasion, case)
German
3 entries- Beispiel noun (case occurring, a case offered as an exemplification, an example)
- Fall noun (case occurring, a case offered as an exemplification, an example)
- Instanz noun (in computing)
Greek
4 entries- κρούσμα noun (case occurring, a case offered as an exemplification, an example)
- περίπτωση noun (recurring occasion, case)
- περιστατικό noun (case occurring, a case offered as an exemplification, an example)
- στιγµιότυπο noun (in computing)
Hungarian
4 entries- előfordulás noun (recurring occasion, case)
- eset noun (case occurring, a case offered as an exemplification, an example)
- folyamodás noun ((obsolete in English) an urgent request; insistence)
- kérelem noun ((obsolete in English) an urgent request; insistence)
Irish
1 entries- cás noun (case occurring, a case offered as an exemplification, an example)
Italian
1 entries- volta noun (case occurring, a case offered as an exemplification, an example)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- forekomst noun (recurring occasion, case)
Ottoman Turkish
1 entries- سفر noun (recurring occasion, case)
Plautdietsch
2 entries- Rekjs noun (case occurring, a case offered as an exemplification, an example)
- Rekjs noun (recurring occasion, case)
Polish
3 entries- instancja noun (in computing)
- okazja noun (recurring occasion, case)
- zdarzenie noun (recurring occasion, case)
Portuguese
4 entries- exemplo noun (case occurring, a case offered as an exemplification, an example)
- instância noun (in computing)
- ocasião noun (recurring occasion, case)
- ocorrência noun (recurring occasion, case)
Quechua
1 entries- kuti noun (case occurring, a case offered as an exemplification, an example)
Romanian
4 entries- caz noun (case occurring, a case offered as an exemplification, an example)
- circumstanță noun (recurring occasion, case)
- exemplu noun (case occurring, a case offered as an exemplification, an example)
- incident noun (recurring occasion, case)
Russian
4 entries- образе́ц noun (case occurring, a case offered as an exemplification, an example)
- приме́р noun (case occurring, a case offered as an exemplification, an example)
- слу́чай noun (recurring occasion, case)
- экземпля́р noun (case occurring, a case offered as an exemplification, an example)
Sanskrit
1 entries- उदाहरण noun (case occurring, a case offered as an exemplification, an example)
Serbo-Croatian
2 entries- primjer noun (case occurring, a case offered as an exemplification, an example)
- primjerak noun (case occurring, a case offered as an exemplification, an example)
Spanish
4 entries- caso noun (case occurring, a case offered as an exemplification, an example)
- caso noun (recurring occasion, case)
- ejemplo noun (case occurring, a case offered as an exemplification, an example)
- instancia noun ((obsolete in English) an urgent request; insistence)
Swedish
3 entries- fall noun (case occurring, a case offered as an exemplification, an example)
- instans noun (case occurring, a case offered as an exemplification, an example)
- instans noun (in computing)
Ukrainian
4 entries- ви́падок noun (recurring occasion, case)
- екземпля́р noun (in computing)
- зразо́к noun (case occurring, a case offered as an exemplification, an example)
- поді́я noun (recurring occasion, case)
Sample sentences
39 total sentences available.
For instance, bowing is peculiar to us, the Japanese.
Source: tatoeba (40772)
Take, for instance, your family problems.
Source: tatoeba (40773)
This is an instance of modern British life.
Source: tatoeba (55805)
Showing 4 of 39 available sentences.
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