English Phrase of the Day

for instance

Definitions

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for instance
1. adv. (conjunctive) As an example.
Analysis
for
1. conj. (dated) Because.
2. prep. Towards.
The astronauts headed for the moon.
3. prep. Directed at, intended to belong to.
I have something for you.
instance
1. n. (obsolete) Urgency of manner or words; an urgent request; insistence.
2. n. (obsolete) A token; a sign; a symptom or indication.
It sends some precious instance of itself/ After the thing it loves. Hamlet IV. v. ca. 1602
3. n. (obsolete) That which is urgent; motive.
4. n. Occasion; order of occurrence.

For instance, you never tell people that you love them.

For instance, I thought living here might be exotic.

If a rook, for instance, I can't do that.

He's very practical and tough and I wouldn't want to be, for instance, a curator that messed him around.

He just glides through the opening movement, for instance, never engaging with its disturbing power.

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