instance
nounHow many syllables in instance?
There are 2 syllables in the word instance.How to pronounce instance:
Definition of instance:
- instance (noun):
- an occurrence of something.
- a case or particular example
- a step, stage, or situation viewed as part of a process or series of events
Synonyms for instance:
bit
case
case in point
clip
example
exemplification
happening
humiliation
illustration
mortification
natural event
occasion
occurrence
piece
precedent
representative
sample
specimen
time
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- quarreled
- planted
- una
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- placing
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- injured
- unknit
- trumpets
- ruffle
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- loveth
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- warrant
- ribbet
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- tablet
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- yoyo
- twentieth
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- overt
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- lifted
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- dissent
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