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- Dictionaryexemplify/ɪɡˈzɛmplɪfʌɪ/
verb
- 1. be a typical example of: "the best dry sherry is exemplified by the fino of Jerez" Similar
- 2. illustrate or clarify by giving an example: "he exemplified his point with an anecdote" Similar
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EXEMPLIFY definition: 1. to be or give a typical example of something: 2. to be or give a typical example of something…. Learn more.
The meaning of EXEMPLIFY is to show or illustrate by example. How to use exemplify in a sentence.
If a person or thing exemplifies something such as a situation, quality, or class of things, they are a typical example of it. The room's style exemplifies Conran's ideal of 'beauty and practicality'. [VERB noun] ...the art of canon-writing as exemplified by Bach. [VERB-ed] Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner’s Dictionary.
1. to show or illustrate by example. 2. to furnish or serve as an example of; typify. 3. to make an attested copy of (a document) under seal. [1375–1425; late Middle English < Middle French exemplifier < Medieval Latin exemplificāre. See exemplum, -i-, -ify] ex•em′pli•fi`er, n.
to show or illustrate by example. The plays of Wilde exemplify the comedy of manners. Law. to transcribe or copy; make an attested copy of (a document) under seal.
EXEMPLIFY meaning: 1. to be or give a typical example of something: 2. to be or give a typical example of something…. Learn more.
exemplify something to be a typical example of something. Her early work is exemplified in her book, ‘A Study of Children's Minds’. His food exemplifies Italian cooking at its best.
If you exemplify something, you're the perfect example of it. Say you wear frilly shirts, knee-high boots, and black eye-make-up — you exemplify the fashion world's obsession with pirates.
A complete guide to the word "EXEMPLIFY": definitions, pronunciations, synonyms, grammar insights, collocations, examples, and translations.
to show or illustrate by example. 2. to furnish or serve as an example of. 3. Law. to transcribe or copy; make an attested copy of (a document) under seal. SYNONYMS 2. typify, epitomize, depict, embody. Most material © 2005, 1997, 1991 by Penguin Random House LLC. Modified entries © 2019 by Penguin Random House LLC and HarperCollins Publishers Ltd.
