FOR EXAMPLE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does for example mean? 

• FOR EXAMPLE (adverb)
  The adverb FOR EXAMPLE has 1 sense:

1. as an example

  Familiarity information: FOR EXAMPLE used as an adverb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• FOR EXAMPLE (adverb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

As an example

Synonyms:

e.g.; for example; for instance

Context example:

take ribbon snakes, for example

 Context examples 

For example, you may have a baby or choose to take a larger role in the care of a parent.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

For example, high levels of low-density lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol are associated with a greater risk for heart disease.

(Rare mutations reduce heart disease risk, NIH)

For example, a radiation oncologist specializes in treating cancer with radiation.

(Medical oncologist, NCI Thesaurus)

For example, one group may have been exposed to a particular substance that the other was not.

(Case-control study, NCI Dictionary)

A relative measurement (ratio or percentage) of the megakaryocytes to total cells in a biological specimen (for example a bone marrow specimen).

(Megakaryocyte to Total Cell Ratio Measurement, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)

For example, surgery and chemotherapy are treatment modalities.

(Modality, NCI Dictionary)

A relative measurement (ratio or percentage ) of the metamyelocytes (small, myelocytic neutrophils with an indented nucleus) to total cells in a biological specimen (for example a bone marrow specimen).

(Metamyelocyte to Total Cell Ratio Measurement, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)

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

(Gulliver's Travels into several remote nations of the world, by Jonathan Swift)

It might change as an individual becomes more obese, less physically active or smokes, for example, so proteins will be able to track changes in an individual's health status over a lifetime.

(Study highlights potential for ‘liquid health check’ to predict disease risk, University of Cambridge)

A drop of water or blood, for example, simply bounces away when it lands on the surface.

(Scientists Create Superbug-Resistant Self-Cleaning Surface, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)