Example and Quotation

noun

• An item of information that is typical of a class or group.
  • usage: "this patient provides a typical example of the syndrome"; "there is an example on page 10"
  • synonyms: illustration, instance, representative
• A representative form or pattern.
  • usage: "I profited from his example"
  • synonyms: model
• Something to be imitated.
  • usage: "an exemplar of success"; "a model of clarity"; "he is the very model of a modern major general"
  • synonyms: exemplar, model, good example
• Punishment intended as a warning to others.
  • usage: "they decided to make an example of him"
  • synonyms: deterrent example, lesson, object lesson
• An occurrence of something.
  • usage: "it was a case of bad judgment"; "another instance occurred yesterday"; "but there is always the famous example of the Smiths"
  • synonyms: case, instance
• A task performed or problem solved in order to develop skill or understanding.
  • usage: "you must work the examples at the end of each chapter in the textbook"
  • synonyms: exercise

• (n.) That which is to be avoided; one selected for punishment and to serve as a warning; a warning.
• (v.t.) To set an example for; to give a precedent for; to exemplify; to give an instance of; to instance.
• (n.) An instance serving for illustration of a rule or precept, especially a problem to be solved or a case to be determined, as an exercise in the application of the rules of any study or branch of science; as, in trigonometry and grammar, the principles and rules are illustrated by examples.
• (n.) That which resembles or corresponds with something else; a precedent; a model.
• (n.) One or a portion taken to show the character or quality of the whole; a sample; a specimen.
• (n.) That which is to be followed or imitated as a model; a pattern or copy.

noun

• A short note recognizing a source of information or of a quoted passage.
  • usage: "the student's essay failed to list several important citations"; "the acknowledgments are usually printed at the front of a book"; "the article includes mention of similar clinical cases"
  • synonyms: citation, cite, acknowledgment, credit, reference, mention
• A passage or expression that is quoted or cited.
  • synonyms: quote, citation
• A statement of the current market price of a security or commodity.
• The practice of quoting from books or plays etc..
  • usage: "since he lacks originality he must rely on quotation"

• (n.) That which is quoted or cited; a part of a book or writing named, repeated or adduced as evidence or illustration.
• (n.) A piece of hollow type metal, lower than type, and measuring two or more pica ems in length and breadth, used in the blank spaces at the beginning and end of chapters, etc.
• (n.) The act of quoting or citing.
• (n.) The naming or publishing of the current price of stocks, bonds or any commodity; also the price named.
• (n.) Quota; share.