GOOD EXAMPLE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does good example mean? 

• GOOD EXAMPLE (noun)
  The noun GOOD EXAMPLE has 1 sense:

1. something to be imitated

  Familiarity information: GOOD EXAMPLE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• GOOD EXAMPLE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Something to be imitated

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Synonyms:

example; exemplar; good example; model

Context example:

he is the very model of a modern major general

Hypernyms ("good example" is a kind of...):

ideal (the idea of something that is perfect; something that one hopes to attain)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "good example"):

beaut; beauty (an outstanding example of its kind)

pacemaker; pacesetter (a leading instance in its field)

pattern (a model considered worthy of imitation)

prodigy (an impressive or wonderful example of a particular quality)

 Context examples 

"She has had a good example before her all her life, my dear," Mr. March whispered back, with a loving look at the worn face and gray head beside him.

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)

Parents can set a good example by being active themselves.

(Exercise for Children, NIH)

Mr. Rushworth has set a good example, and such things are very catching.

(Mansfield Park, by Jane Austen)

Airplanes are a good example of this effect: a closer, low-flying plane will appear to fly overhead more rapidly than a high-flying one.

(A cold, close neighbor of the Sun, NASA)

We see some from above (as it were) or “face-on” — a good example of this being the whirlpool-shaped galaxy NGC 1232.

(A Galaxy on the Edge, ESO)

She could have said more on the subject; for she had in fact so high an opinion of the Crofts, and considered her father so very fortunate in his tenants, felt the parish to be so sure of a good example, and the poor of the best attention and relief, that however sorry and ashamed for the necessity of the removal, she could not but in conscience feel that they were gone who deserved not to stay, and that Kellynch Hall had passed into better hands than its owners'.

(Persuasion, by Jane Austen)

"I follow the good example my neighbors set me," was Laurie's answer, as he swung himself out of the room.

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)

Poor Hannah was the first to recover, and with unconscious wisdom she set all the rest a good example, for with her, work was panacea for most afflictions.

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)