English-Thai Dictionary
instance
N กร ณี ราย ประการ คราว ตัวอย่าง kor-ra-ne
instance
N การ ดำเนินคดี (กฎหมาย kan-dam-non-ka-de
instance
VT ยกตัวอย่าง เช่นว่า เช่น ตัวอย่างเช่น yok-tua-yang
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
INSTANCE
n.[L. insto, to press; in and sto, to stand. ] Literally, a standing on. Hence,
1. Urgency; a pressing; solicitation; importunity; application. The request was granted at the instance of the defendant's advocate.
2. Example; a case occurring; a case offered. Howard furnished a remarkable instance of disinterested benevolence. The world may never witness a second instance of the success of daring enterprise and usurpation, equal to that of Buonaparte.
Suppose the earth should be removed nearer to the sun, and revolve, for instance, in the orbit of Mercury, the whole ocean would boil with heat.
The use of instances, is to illustrate and explain a difficulty.
3. Time; occasion; occurrence.
These seem as if, in the time of Edward I, they were drawn up into the form of a law, in the first instance.
4. Motive; influence.
5. Process of a suit.
Instance-court, a branch of the court of admiralty, in England, distinct from the prize-court.
INSTANCE
v.i.To give or offer an example or case. As to false citations--I shall instance in two or three.
INSTANCE
v.t.To mention as an example or case. He instanced the event of Caesar's death.
INSTANCED
pp. or a.Given in proof or as an example.
Webster's 1913 Dictionary
INSTANCE
In "stance, n. Etym: [F. instance, L. instantia, fr. instans. See Instant. ]
1. The act or quality of being instant or pressing; urgency; solicitation; application; suggestion; motion. Undertook at her instance to restore them. Sir W. Scott.
2. That which is instant or urgent; motive. [Obs. ] The instances that second marriage move Are base respects of thrift, but none of love. Shak.
3. Occasion; order of occurrence. These seem as if, in the time of Edward I., they were drawn up into the form of a law, in the first instance. Sir M. Hale.
4. That which offers itself or is offered as an illustrative case; something cited in proof or exemplification; a case occurring; an example. Most remarkable instances of suffering. Atterbury.
5. A token; a sign; a symptom or indication. Shak. Causes of instance, those which proceed at the solicitation of some party. Hallifax. -- Court of first instance, the court by which a case is first tried. -- For instance, by way of example or illustration. -- Instance Court (Law ), the Court of Admiralty acting within its ordinary jurisdiction, as distinguished from its action as a prize court.
Syn. -- Example; case. See Example.
INSTANCE
In "stance, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Instanced; p. pr. & vb. n.Instancing.]
Defn: To mention as a case or example; to refer to; to cite; as, to instance a fact. H. Spenser. I shall not instance an abstruse author. Milton.
INSTANCE
INSTANCE In "stance, v. i.
Defn: To give an example. [Obs. ] This story doth not only instance in kingdoms, but in families too. Jer. Taylor.
New American Oxford Dictionary
instance
in stance |ˈinstəns ˈɪnstəns | ▶noun 1 an example or single occurrence of something: a serious instance of corruption | the search finds every instance where the word appears. • a particular case: in this instance it mattered little. 2 Law, rare the institution of a legal suit. ▶verb [ with obj. ] cite (a fact, case, etc. ) as an instance or example: here he instances in particular the work of Bach. PHRASES at first instance Law at the first court hearing concerning a case. at the instance of formal at the request or instigation of: prosecution at the instance of the police. for instance as an example: take Canada, for instance. in the first (or second, etc. ) instance in the first (or second, etc. ) place; at the first (or second, etc. ) stage of a proceeding: a tribunal should be formed, in the first instance to document these and other charges. ORIGIN Middle English: via Old French from Latin instantia ‘presence, urgency, ’ from instare ‘be present, press upon, ’ from in- ‘upon ’ + stare ‘to stand. ’ The original sense was ‘urgency, urgent entreaty, ’ surviving in at the instance of. In the late 16th cent. the word denoted a particular case cited to disprove a general assertion, derived from medieval Latin instantia ‘example to the contrary ’ (translating Greek enstasis ‘objection ’); hence the meaning ‘single occurrence. ’
instance court
in |stance court ▶noun old-fashioned term for court of first instance. • ( Instance Court ) (in the UK ) a branch of the former Admiralty Court dealing with private maritime matters.
Oxford Dictionary
instance
in |stance |ˈɪnst (ə )ns | ▶noun an example or single occurrence of something: a serious instance of corruption | the search finds every instance where the word appears. • a particular case: in this instance it mattered little. ▶verb [ with obj. ] cite (a fact, case, etc. ) as an example: I instanced Bob as someone whose commitment had certainly got things done. PHRASES at first instance Law at the first court hearing concerning a case. See also court of first instance. at the instance of formal at the request or instigation of: prosecution at the instance of the police. for instance as an example: take Canada, for instance. in the first (or second etc. ) instance in the first (or second etc. ) place or stage of a proceeding: the appointment will be for three years in the first instance. ORIGIN Middle English: via Old French from Latin instantia ‘presence, urgency ’, from instare ‘be present, press upon ’, from in- ‘upon ’ + stare ‘to stand ’. The original sense was ‘urgency, urgent entreaty ’, surviving in at the instance of. In the late 16th cent. the word denoted a particular case cited to disprove a general assertion, derived from medieval Latin instantia ‘example to the contrary ’ (translating Greek enstasis ‘objection ’); hence the meaning ‘single occurrence ’.
instance court
in |stance court ▶noun old-fashioned term for court of first instance. • ( Instance Court ) (in the UK ) a branch of the former Admiralty Court dealing with private maritime matters.
American Oxford Thesaurus
instance
instance noun an instance of racism: example, exemplar, occasion, occurrence, case; illustration. ▶verb they instanced the previous case as an example: cite, quote, refer to, mention, allude to, give; specify, name, identify, draw attention to, put forward, offer, advance. PHRASES in the first instance See in the first place at place.
Oxford Thesaurus
instance
instance noun 1 there was not a single instance of religious persecution: example, occasion, occurrence, case, representative case, typical case, case in point, illustration, specimen, sample, exemplar, exemplification. 2 criminal investigations are conducted by the police in the first instance : place; stage, step; initially, at first, at the start, at the outset, in /at the beginning, to begin with, to start with, originally, in the early stages. 3 formal proceedings were launched at the instance of the Director of Public Prosecutions: instigation, prompting, suggestion; request, entreaty, solicitation; wish, desire; urging, importuning, pressure; demand, insistence. ▶verb as an example of this type of play, I would instance ‘Measure for Measure ’: cite, quote, refer to, make reference to, mention, allude to, adduce, give, give as an example, point to, point out; specify, name, identify; bring up, invoke, draw attention to, call attention to, put forward, present, offer, advance, propose.
French Dictionary
instance
instance n. f. nom féminin 1 au pluriel Demandes pressantes. : Sur les instances de ses collègues, il accepta. 2 Autorité, groupe qui possède le pouvoir décisionnel. : Les instances gouvernementales. Note Technique L ’expression *instances décisionnelles est redondante puisque, par définition, les instances ont le pouvoir de décider. LOCUTION En instance de. Sur le point de. : En instance de divorce, de divorcer.
Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary
instance
in stance /ɪ́nst (ə )ns /〖in (中 [近く ]に )stance (立つこと )〗名詞 複 ~s /-ɪz /C 1 ⦅かたく ⦆(根拠となる )例 , 実例, 例証 ; (特定の )場合 (!典型例 (example )のうち, ある特定の出来事 状況を示すもの ) ; 〖~ wh節 〗…の事例 [こと ]▸ an instance of A A 〈事 〉の一例 ▸ in this instance この場合には, 今回は ▸ in some [most ] instances 場合によっては [たいていの場合 ]▸ I can't recall a single instance where he did anything wrong .彼が悪いことをしたケースは1つも思いつかない .2 〘法 〙訴訟 (手続 ).at A's í nstance =at the í nstance of A ⦅英 かたく ⦆A 〈人 〉の依頼 [要望 ]によって .for í nstance たとえば (→for example 読解のポイント ) (!文中で挿入的に使われることが多いが, 文頭や文尾でも可 ) ▸ Some fats, like olive oil, for instance , are healthy for the heart .脂肪類には, たとえばオリーブ油のように, 心臓を丈夫にするものがある in the f ì rst í nstance ⦅英 かたく ⦆〖文修飾 〗(一連の手順 過程の )手始めに ; まず第一に .動詞 他動詞 ⦅かたく ⦆…を例に挙げる ; …を例証する .