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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 generate
vsto instantiate
648 3.2

To make something that did not exist before

means making a single specific example rather than producing by process
to form
vsto instantiate
510 1.0

To create a group or organization

refers to making one concrete example rather than forming a group

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
86 5.5
to create
∞ 1.0
to declare
  • Formal
937 3.7
to define
∞ 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.