Bee English Dictionary

Search Words
You can search or browse for words

instance
  • n  an occurrence of something
    another instance occurred yesterday
  • n  an item of information that is typical of a class or group
  • v  clarify by giving an example of
Usages, News, Articles and More
instancy
  • n  the quickness of action or occurrence
    the instancy of modern communication
  • n  the quality of being insistent
    he pressed his demand with considerable instancy
Usages, News, Articles and More
instant coffee
  • n  dehydrated coffee that can be made into a drink by adding hot water
Usages, News, Articles and More
instant replay
  • n  the immediate rebroadcast of some action (especially sports action) that has been recorded on videotape
Usages, News, Articles and More
instantaneous sound pressure
  • n  the difference between the instantaneous pressure at a point in a sound field and the average pressure at that point
Usages, News, Articles and More
instantiation
  • n  a representation of an idea in the form of an instance of it
    how many instantiations were found?
Usages, News, Articles and More
instauration
  • n  the act of starting something for the first time; introducing something new
Usages, News, Articles and More
instep
  • n  the arch of the foot
  • n  the part of a shoe or stocking that covers the arch of the foot
Usages, News, Articles and More
instigation
  • n  the verbal act of urging on
  • n  deliberate and intentional triggering (of trouble or discord)
Usages, News, Articles and More
instigator
  • n  someone who deliberately foments trouble
    she was the instigator of their quarrel
  • n  a person who initiates a course of action
Usages, News, Articles and More
Next

Bee Dictionary: Search, browse, look at common errors, idioms and more.