Include and Example

verb

• Have as a part, be made up out of.
  • usage: "The list includes the names of many famous writers"
• Consider as part of something.
  • usage: "I include you in the list of culprits"
• Add as part of something else; put in as part of a set, group, or category.
  • usage: "We must include this chemical element in the group"
• Allow participation in or the right to be part of; permit to exercise the rights, functions, and responsibilities of.
  • usage: "admit someone to the profession"; "She was admitted to the New Jersey Bar"
  • synonyms: admit, let in

• (v.t.) To conclude; to end; to terminate.
• (v.t.) To comprehend or comprise, as a genus the species, the whole a part, an argument or reason the inference; to contain; to embrace; as, this volume of Shakespeare includes his sonnets; he was included in the invitation to the family; to and including page twenty-five.
• (v.t.) To confine within; to hold; to contain; to shut up; to inclose; as, the shell of a nut includes the kernel; a pearl is included in a shell.

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.