instances
Individual cases cited
Instances are individual occurrences or examples of something: In most instances, the treatment works.
The word often appears in legal or formal contexts: instances of fraud, documented instances of abuse.
In computing, an instance is a specific running copy of a program or object: The server crashed because too many instances were running.
For instance means "for example."
Distinct notable events
- episodesDistinct parts of a series
- eventsThings that take place
- phenomenaObservable facts or events
- manifestationsPerceptible forms of something
appearances · outbreaks · cases · situations · happenings · moments · occasions · circumstances
Ideal models for imitation
- specimensRepresentative items for examination
- samplesSmall test portions
- illustrationsPictures explaining text
- casesContainers or instances
archetypes · paradigms · precedents · embodiments · representations · epitomes · quintessences · benchmarks
Identical reproductions
- replicasExact copies of originals
- clonesGenetically identical copies
- reproductionsCopies of originals
- copiesMakes identical versions
versions · iterations · variations · renditions · editions · imitations · facsimiles · counterparts
Containers or instances
- lawsuitsLegal proceedings seeking remedy
- proceedingsSequence of formal events
- mattersIs of importance
- hearingsOfficial evidence-gathering sessions
trials · filings · claims · disputes · complaints · actions · motions · petitions
Tangible items or protests
- instantiationsConcrete realizations of abstractions
- processesSeries of actions
- threadsTwisted fiber strands
- sessionsPeriods for specific activities
containers · nodes · virtual machines · deployments · servers · databases · allocations · runtime
incidents
Distinct notable events
manifestations · appearances · outbreaks · cases · situations · happenings · moments · occasions · circumstances · encounters
exemplars
Ideal models for imitation
- specimensRepresentative items for examination
- samplesSmall test portions
- illustrationsPictures explaining text
cases · archetypes · paradigms · precedents · embodiments · representations · epitomes · quintessences · benchmarks · standards
duplicates
Identical reproductions
- replicasExact copies of originals
- clonesGenetically identical copies
- reproductionsCopies of originals
copies · versions · iterations · variations · renditions · editions · imitations · facsimiles · counterparts · parallels
cases
Containers or instances
- lawsuitsLegal proceedings seeking remedy
- proceedingsSequence of formal events
- mattersIs of importance
hearings · trials · filings · claims · disputes · complaints · actions · motions · petitions · appeals
objects
Tangible items or protests
- instantiationsConcrete realizations of abstractions
- processesSeries of actions
- threadsTwisted fiber strands
sessions · containers · nodes · virtual machines · deployments · servers · databases · allocations · runtime · memory
- game contentDLC, expansions, quests, boss fights, levels
- cloud computingAWS, Azure, cloud, cloud services, cloud storage
- inductive reasoninginductive reasoning, generalization, generalizations, inference, extrapolation
- ontologiesontology, ontologies, classes, properties, individuals
- OOP conceptsclasses, inheritance, subclass, objects, encapsulation
- semantic networksnode, nodes, link, links, edge
instancesgeneralities
Nonspecific broad statements
abstractions · universals · categories · classes · types
instanceshides
Conceals or animal skins
concealments · suppressions · obscurations · cover-ups · omissions
instancesabsence
State of not being
nonoccurrence · absences · exceptions · counterexamples · omissions
- for instanceIntroducing an example
- first instanceEarliest example of something
- this instanceThe current occurrence
- all instancesAll occurrences of something
- single instance
- instance ofSingle occurrence of something