exemplify
Serve as model
To exemplify is to serve as a typical example of something or to illustrate by example.
A person who exemplifies courage shows what courage looks like through their actions: She exemplifies everything we value in a leader.
A teacher might exemplify a concept by providing concrete cases: Let me exemplify what I mean with a few scenarios.
Perfect representative of type
- quintessencePurest embodiment of something
- personifyRepresent as human
- incarnateGiven bodily form
- embodyExpress through physical form
represent · typify · characterize · symbolize · manifest · express · capture · reflect
Explain through depiction
- elucidateTo make understood
- explainMake something understood
- illuminateSupply with radiance
- demonstrateShow or prove something
show · depict · instance · cite · specify · evidence · substantiate · detail
Impart skills or knowledge
- educateProvide formal instruction
- modelRepresentation or paradigm
- guideLeader or instruction book
- demonstrateShow or prove something
walk the talk · mentor · coach · tutorial · object lesson · case in point
epitome
Perfect representative of type
- quintessencePurest embodiment of something
- personifyRepresent as human
- incarnateGiven bodily form
embody · represent · typify · characterize · symbolize · manifest · express · capture · reflect · convey
illustrate
Explain through depiction
- elucidateTo make understood
- explainMake something understood
- illuminateSupply with radiance
demonstrate · show · depict · instance · cite · specify · evidence · substantiate · detail · elaborate
teach
Impart skills or knowledge
demonstrate · walk the talk · mentor · coach · tutorial · object lesson · case in point
prototype
First functional specimen
- archetypeOriginal model for copies
- paradigmGoverning framework of thought
- standardLevel of quality accepted
benchmark · template · pattern · ideal · specimen · sample · exemplar · paragon · blueprint · yardstick
exemplifybelie
Contradict in appearance
misrepresent · falsify · contradict · betray · contravene
exemplifyabstract
Condensed version of text
generalize · theorize · conceptualize · universalize · philosophize