FOR INSTANCE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does for instance mean? 

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

1. as an example

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• FOR INSTANCE (adverb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

As an example

Synonyms:

e.g.; for example; for instance

Context example:

take ribbon snakes, for example

 Context examples 

A type of immunoprecipitation protocol that employs UV-light induced covalent cross-linking of molecules (for instance protein and RNA) prior to the immunoprecipitation and purification steps.

(Cross-Linking and Immunoprecipitation, NCI Thesaurus)

This can tell us, for instance, about chemical processes occurring in the frame of the image.

(Nanowires replace Newton’s famous glass prism, University of Cambridge)

For instance, vaterite nanoparticles loaded with anti-cancer drugs appear to offload the drug slowly only at sites of cancers and therefore limit the negative side-effects of the drug.

(Rare mineral discovered in plants for first time, University of Cambridge)

For instance, two earlier patient studies suggested that ripples may be important for solidifying memories during sleep.

(Our brains may ripple before remembering, National Institutes of Health)

For instance, clock proteins activate the production of other proteins that are responsible for photosynthesis in leaves just before dawn.

(Plants can tell time even without a brain, University of Cambridge)

“Well, now, Jim, I've lived that rough as you'd be ashamed to hear of. Now, for instance, you wouldn't think I had had a pious mother—to look at me?” he asked.

(Treasure Island, by Robert Louis Stevenson)

“If you will sometimes think of that, and look about now and then at your papa's housekeeping, and endeavour to acquire a little habit—of accounts, for instance—”

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)

“Jekyll, for instance,” said the lawyer.

(The Strange Case Of Dr. Jekyll And Mr. Hyde, by Robert Louis Stevenson)

And there was so much yet to be done—the sails, for instance, which practically had to be made over.

(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)

For instance, Charley, you are coming along the trail. It is night. You see a cabin. The window is lighted.

(Love of Life and Other Stories, by Jack London)