For Example

Definition: For Example

For Example

Adverb

1. As an example; "take ribbon snakes, for example".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Synonyms: For Example

Conformity

For example, exempli gratia, e. g.; inter alia, among other things; for instance.

Speciality

Namely, that is to say, for example, id est, exemplia gratia, e.g., i.e.,videlicet, viz.; to wit.

For example, there was Williams the Petroleum, and Williams the Death. (The Englishman Who Went Up a Hill But Came Down a ; writing credit: Christopher Monger.)

The knife, for example, is the last thing you learn. (Léon; writing credit: Luc Besson)

We know, for example, that he works for Mullen and Company, or did work for Mullen and Company, as a writer. (All the President's Men; writing credit: Carl Bernstein; Bob Woodward)

Well for example the idea that a piece of bread can become the body of our savior, father. (Lady Jane; writing credit: Chris Bryant; David Edgar)

For example, I can instantly deduce that when someone hears the name Paris in the same sentence with the word date, jaws will drop, confused looks will cover faces, words like 'how' and 'why' and 'Quick, Bob, get the children in the minivan because the world is obviously coming to an end! (Gilmore Girls; writing credit: Povl Erik Carstensen; Sebastian Dorset)

For Example Terry Whitmore (1970)

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Books

• How "Natives" Think: About Captain Cook, for Example (reference)

  (more book examples)

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New uses for cornstarch continue to surprise us. for example, when ARS scientists married starch to a synthetic chemical, they managed to create a product so thirsty, it could absorb hundreds of times its own weight in water. Someone called it SuperSlurper, and the name stuck. P. Credit: USDA ARS News; photo by Scott Bauer..

When an automobile plant changes over to war production much of the regular plant equipment is ready for use without changes. This big grinding machine, for example, is just as adaptable to shell output as to automobile manufacture. Oldsmobile, Lansing, M. Credit: Library of Congress.

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Let the conqueror have as much justice on his side, as could be supposed, he has no right to seize more than the vanquished could forfeit: his life is at the victor's mercy; and his service and goods he may appropriate, to make himself reparation; but he cannot take the goods of his wife and children; they too had a title to the goods he enjoyed, and their shares in the estate he possessed: for example, I in the state of nature (and all commonwealths are in the state of nature one with another) have injured another man, and refusing to give satisfaction, it comes to a state of war, wherein my defending by force what I had gotten unjustly, makes me the aggressor. (Second Treatise of Government)

The French Revolution, for example, abolished feudal property in favour of bourgeois property. (reference)

Germany particularly undertakes not to establish against the ports and vessels of any of the Allied and Associated Powers any surtax or any direct or indirect bounty for export, or import by German ports or vessels, or by those of another Power, for example by means of combined tariffs. (reference)

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Now, for example, I wanted To have my girls learn the trade of making card boxes.

For example, if my neighbor has a mind to my cow, he hires a lawyer to prove that he ought to have my cow from me.

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Health

In Japan, for example, rice allergy is more frequent. (references)

Mefloquine should be taken on a full stomach, for example, after dinner. (references)

Avoid standing water, for example, bird baths, flower vases, or humidifiers. (references)

Business

The Czechs have, for example, far more tanks than needed. (references)

In the State of Victoria, for example, patient co-payments have been introduced. (references)

In the Netherlands, for example, most households will do without any window curtains. (references)

Children

Chile

Persons with disabilities still suffer some forms of legal discrimination; for example, blind persons cannot become teachers or tutors. (references)

Bulgaria

On the one hand, the law provides incentives for small firms to hire persons with disabilities; for example, the Bureau of Labor pays the first year's salary of a disabled employee. (references)

Cambodia

In some of these cases, the perpetrators encouraged women to give up their children under false pretenses, for example, by promising to care for the children temporarily but then refusing to return them. (references)

Civil Liberties

Vietnam

Buddhist monk Thich Thai Hoa in Hue, for example, has been refused permission to travel outside the country on several occasions. (references)

Cuba

The document allegedly suggested that the Party take corrective measures, for example, by controlling the distribution of medicines. (references)

Kazakhstan

There are a number of newspapers that are produced by government ministries, for example, the Ministry of Science publishes Kazakhstan Science. (references)

Discrimination

Monaco

It differentiates between rights that are accorded to nationals (including preference in employment, free education, and assistance to the ill or unemployed) and those accorded to all residents, for example, freedom of religion and inviolability of the home. (references)

Economic History

Norway

CINET, for example, produces PCs and Servers. (references)

Vietnam

In 1999, for example, Japanese aid exceeded USD 500 million. (references)

Human Rights

Angola

In Luanda for example, 5 judges are responsible for an estimated 900 cases each year. (references)

Marshall Islands

One of the WUTIMI leaders, for example, has been named to the Compact Renegotiation Team. (references)

Macedonia

These detentions continued throughout the year; for example, on November 28, police detained four performers from Albania. (references)

Indigenous People

Australia

Human rights observers claim that socioeconomic conditions give rise to the common precursors of indigenous crime, for example, unemployment, homelessness, and boredom. (references)

Minorities

Sri Lanka

Catholic clergy, for example, have reported non-violent incidents of this sort in the south during the year. (references)

Tajikistan

Ethnic Russians and other Russian speakers, for example, Ukrainians, make up less than 2 percent of the population. (references)

Political Economy

GUATEMALA

Most of the major U.S. accounting firms, for example, are represented through one of these methods. (references)

BANGLADESH

In addition numerous factories have insufficient toilet facilities (for example, 1 toilet for 300 employees). (references)

PERU

The tariff structure that went into effect in April 1997, for example, lowered the average tariff rate from 16 to 13 percent. (references)

Political Rights

Botswana

Consequently other groups, for example, the Basarwa, Herero, Baloi, or Bayei, are not represented there. (references)

Nigeria

Irregularities occurred at each stage of the electoral process, particularly the presidential nominating convention and election in which, for example, large sums of money were offered by both political camps to delegates to vote against political opponents. (references)

Trade

Guinea

Basic food and agricultural products are taxed at 1-2%, and some items (medicines, for example) are tax-exempt. (references)

Travel

Ireland

As an example, the date March 17, 1996 is usually found in written correspondence as 17 March 1996 or 17.3.1996. For currency or other numerical quantities, use commas to mark off the thousands position and a decimal point (period) to denote decimal amounts -- the same practice as followed in the United States; for example IR�1,234,456.78. (references)

Women

Argentina

The wage differences were more pronounced at higher levels of education; for example, women with a college degree earned 46 percent less than men. (references)

Morocco

The law is more lenient toward men with respect to crimes committed against their wives; for example, a light sentence may be accorded a man who murders his wife after catching her in the act of adultery. (references)

Worker Rights

Turkey

An informal system provides work for young boys at low wages, for example, in auto repair shops. (references)

Russia

Political parties often cooperate with unions, for example, in calling for a national day of protest. (references)

Ukraine

Stagnation in some industries, for example, in defense, significantly reduced the workweek for some categories of workers. (references)

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Albanian

për shembull (for instance). (various references)

Arabic 

‏مثلا (for instance), ‏مثال ذلك. (various references)

Bulgarian 

например (for instance, say), за пример. (various references)

Chinese 

譬如 (for instance, such as), 舉例來說 , �"如 (for instance, such as), 例如 (for instance, such as). (various references)

Czech

například. (various references)

Danish

tid,der tilbringes på arbejdspladsen i døde perioder,f.eks.som følge af lejlighedsvis mangel på arbejde,maskinstop eller ulykker (idle time spent at the place of work because, of temporary lack of work, the breakdown of machinery or accidents). (various references)

Dutch

tijd doorgebracht op de arbeidsplaats als wachttijd b.v.wegens het tijdelijk ontbreken van werk,stilstand van machines of ongevallen (idle time spent at the place of work because, of temporary lack of work, the breakdown of machinery or accidents), bývoorbeeld (for instance), b.v. (various references)

Esperanto

ekzemple (for instance). (various references)

Faeroese

til dømis (for instance). (various references)

Finnish

esimerkiksi (for instance). (various references)

French

par exemple (for instance). (various references)

Frisian

bygelyks (for instance). (various references)

German

zum beispiel (e.g., for instance). (various references)

Greek 

για παράδειγμα. (various references)

Hebrew 

למשל (e.g., for instance). (various references)

Hungarian

például (e.g., for instance, say). (various references)

Icelandic

til dæmis (for instance). (various references)

Indonesian

misalnya (e.g., for instance, say), misalkan (let us say, supposing that), dimisalkan (let us say, supposing that). (various references)

Italian

tempi morti passati sul posto di lavoro a causa per esempio,di mancanza occasionale di lavoro,di arresto di macchinari o di incidenti (idle time spent at the place of work because, of temporary lack of work, the breakdown of machinery or accidents), per esempio (for instance). (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

例えば (e.g.), 仮に (for argument's sake, provisionally, temporarily). (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

たとえば (e.g.), かりに (for argument's sake, provisionally, temporarily). (various references)

Malay

umpamanya (for instance), misalnya (for instance). (various references)

Papiamen

por ehempel (for instance). (various references)

Pig Latin

orfay exampleay

Portuguese

tempo gasto no local de trabalho em tempos mortos,devido,por exemplo,� falta ocasional de trabalho,paragem de máquinas ou acidentes (idle time spent at the place of work because, of temporary lack of work, the breakdown of machinery or accidents), por exemplo (for instance). (various references)

Romanian

de exemplu (for instance, par example). (various references)

Russian 

например (as to who, e.g., for instance, to take an example). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

na primer (e.g., example: for example, instance: for instance). (various references)

Spanish

por ejemplo (e.g., for instance, such as). (various references)

Swedish

till exempel (as, e.g., for instance). (various references)

Turkish

meselâ (for instance, such as), örneğin (e.g., for instance, such as). (various references)

Turkmen 

mysal ьзin, meselem. (various references)

Ukrainian

наприклад. (various references)

Welsh

er enghraifft. (various references)

nam, vel. (various references)

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

-2 letters: exemplar, preflame.

-3 letters: empaler, example, exempla, explore, femoral, parolee, poleaxe, premeal, rampole.

-4 letters: ampere, ampler, areole, eloper, empale, female, femora, flamer, flexor, florae, foamer, formal, formee, leaper, loafer, morale, palmer, parole, plexor, poleax, reflex, repeal.

-5 letters: afore, ameer, amole, ample, elope, expel, farle, feral, flame, flare, fleam, fleer, flora, foram, forme, frame, lamer, laree.