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Instantiate Definition & Meaning

instantiate
verb
  1. represent by an instance; "This word instantiates the usage that the linguists claimed to be typical for a certain dialect"
  2. find an instance of (a word or particular usage of a word); "The linguists could not instantiate this sense of the noun that he claimed existed in a certain dialect"

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What does instantiate mean?
represent by an instance; "This word instantiates the usage that the linguists claimed to be typical for a certain dialect" find an instance of (a word or particular usage of a word); "The linguists could not instantiate this sense of the noun that he claimed existed in a certain dialect"
What part of speech is instantiate?
Instantiate is a verb.
How many definitions does instantiate have?
Instantiate has 2 definitions across 1 part of speech (verb).

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