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💻 To create instance 💡 To make concrete 📖 To give example
to instantiate

to instantiate

1 9.6
To show a general idea by giving a clear example
  • verb
  • /ɪnˈstænʃiˌeɪt/
  • Specialized
translation icon : instanciar
  • In order to understand the theory, we need to instantiate it with real-world examples.
  • instantiate such flourishing
  • instantiated in a particular

So I think approaching music abstractly gave me the ability to instantiate it everywhere.

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Examples

  • And then I got to see first hand how he's instantiated the strategies from the book.

  • In terms of the model, the conditional "if I am hungry, I find food and eat it" is instantiated in the animal so that it functions as a maintenance goal.

    Academic text (2016)

  • Now, all of this is very general and what I want to do next is to instantiate it a bit in the context of healthcare.

  • I argue that all other things equal, any job that allows you to instantiate your creative impulse is a direct path to purpose and happening.

    The Diary Of A CEO

  • How does that instantiate itself day-to-day, week to week, month to month?

  • So I think approaching music abstractly gave me the ability to instantiate it everywhere.

    Lex Fridman

  • And I think that we need structures and habits and routines to instantiate the things that we want to do.

  • The fourth way in which the city is multi-scalar is that it instantiates a variety of policy levels.

    Academic text (2005)

  • To illustrate, Anderson suggests that community is instantiated by activities or practices.

    Academic text (1997)

  • In that way, the loving sexual intercourse of husband and wife instantiates a basic human good: marital union.

    Academic text (2008)

Synonyms

to represent
vsto instantiate
126 2.6

Describe something in a particular way to show an idea

expresses abstract ideas specifically by giving a concrete instance
to exemplify
vsto instantiate
  • Formal
45 6.8

To show something clearly by using a real situation

expresses abstract ideas by creating a concrete instance
to concretize
vsto instantiate
  • US
1 7.9

To make an idea or plan clear and specific

expresses abstract ideas by showing a single concrete example

How Concrete

to embody
104 5.1
to demonstrate
579 3.0
to instantiate
  • Specialized
1 9.6
to exemplify
  • Formal
45 6.8
to illustrate
301 3.5

Surface Forms

instantiate infinitive
instantiated past
instantiated past participle
instantiating present participle
instantiates third person singular

Morphology

instantiate = instant (opaque) = instant + iate

The suffix 'iate' does not transparently convey the meaning of representing an abstract concept by a concrete example.

Etymology

Instantiate comes from the word instance (an 'example') and a root that means 'to stand', like the common word stand. To instantiate an abstract idea is to make that idea 'stand' as a real example so you can see it clearly.