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

to instantiate

2 8.8
To create a specific object in a computer program
  • verb
  • /ɪnˈstænʃiˌeɪt/
  • Specialized
: instanciar
  • To instantiate the target nodes, we issue WatsonPaths subquestions to Watson.
  • fully instantiated

It's a fact that the network itself is instantiated in software, OK, when you get into your company.

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Examples

  • We will use this construct to instantiate the class later in the article.

    Blog text (1)

  • In the third line, we are instantiating a particular sequence from a sequence class.

    Blog text (25)

  • So instead what your colleague was saying, let's instantiate this thing with some extra space on both sides.

  • We would have to see how you are instantiating the array and the calls you are making.

    Blog text (34)

  • Typical application frameworks usually include some sort of template language to define how the framework is instantiated.

    Blog text (25)

  • Once instantiated in a model, the CLKGEN module generates these clocks automatically.

    Academic text (1998)

  • The TASS verifier takes as input the MPI/C source program and a specified number of processes and instantiates a symbolic model of the program with that process count.

    Academic text (2011)

  • The programmer decided to instantiate the class to create a new object for the application.

  • To run the simulation, we need to instantiate the model with the current parameters.

  • When you instantiate the interface, make sure to implement all the required methods.

Synonyms

to create
vsto instantiate
∞ 1.0

To make something new that does not exist yet

refers to making one specific example often in computing
to form
vsto instantiate
598 1.0

To create a group or organization

refers to making one concrete example rather than forming a group
to generate
vsto instantiate
537 3.2

To make something that did not exist before

means making a single specific example rather than producing by process

Antonyms

to destroy
∞ 1.0

Damage something so badly that it cannot be used or fixed

How Concrete

to instantiate
  • Specialized
2 8.8
to spawn
68 5.5
to create
∞ 1.0
to declare
  • Formal
950 3.7
to define
878 1.0

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 creating a specific instance in computing.

Etymology

Instantiate comes from instance (an 'example') and a root meaning 'to stand', like stand. In computing, to instantiate a class is to create a real object from a general plan — to make that object 'stand' and work in the program.