1. example - Noun
2. example - Verb
One or a portion taken to show the character or quality of the whole; a sample; a specimen.
That which is to be followed or imitated as a model; a pattern or copy.
That which resembles or corresponds with something else; a precedent; a model.
That which is to be avoided; one selected for punishment and to serve as a warning; a warning.
An instance serving for illustration of a rule or precept, especially a problem to be solved, or a case to be determined, as an exercise in the application of the rules of any study or branch of science; as, in trigonometry and grammar, the principles and rules are illustrated by examples.
To set an example for; to give a precedent for; to exemplify; to give an instance of; to instance.
Source: Webster's dictionaryThere is nothing so annoying as a good example. Mark Twain
Belladonna, n.: In Italian a beautiful lady; in English a deadly poison. A striking example of the essential identity of the two tongues. Ambrose Bierce
History is the depository of great actions, the witness of what is past, the example and instructor of the present, and monitor to the future. Miguel de Cervantes
Example is the greatest of all seducers. French Proverb
USSR – an example for all. Russian Proverb
Example is better than law. Arabic Proverb