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Synonyms: instancy, instinct, insane, instant, stance, instances, insconce, distance, instable, issuance, intence
Antonyms: instancy, instinct, insane, instant, stance, instances, insconce, distance, instable, issuance, intence
Related words from Datamuse; suggestions, not definitions.
Noun
- {{lb|en|obsolete}} [[urgency|Urgency]] of manner or words; an urgent [[request]]; [[insistence]]. {{defdate|14th|20th c.}}
- {{lb|en|obsolete}} A token; a sign; a symptom or indication.
- {{lb|en|obsolete}} That which is urgent; motive.
- {{lb|en|obsolete}} A piece of [[evidence]]; a [[proof]] or [[sign]] (of something). {{defdate|16th|18th c.}}
- An [[occasion]]; an order of occurrence.
- A [[case]] offered as an [[exemplification]] or a [[precedent]]; an illustrative [[example]]. {{defdate|from 16th c.}}
- One of a series of recurring [[occasion]]s, [[case]]s, essentially the same.
- {{lb|en|computing}} A specific occurrence of something that is created or [[instantiate]]d, such as a [[database]], or an [[object]] of a [[class]] in [[object-oriented]] programming. {{defdate|from 20th c.}}
- {{lb|en|[[massively multiplayer online game]]s}} A [[dungeon]] or other area that is [[duplicate]]d for each [[player]], or each [[party]] of players, that enters it, so that each player or party has a [[private]] copy of the area, [[isolate]]d from other players.
- {{lb|en|[[massively multiplayer online game]]s}} An individual copy of such a dungeon or other area.
- {{lb|en|Internet}} An [[independent]] [[server]] on a [[decentralised]] [[social network]], such as [[Mastodon]].
Verb
- {{lb|en|transitive}} To [[mention]] as a [[case]] or [[example]]; to [[refer]] to.
- {{lb|en|intransitive}} To [[cite]] an [[example]] as [[proof]]; to [[exemplify]].
- {{lb|en|[[massively multiplayer online game]]s}} To duplicate (a dungeon or other area) for each [[player]], or each [[party]] of players, that enters it, so that each player or party has a [[private]] copy of the area, [[isolate]]d from other players.
- {{lb|en|transitive|computer graphics}} To render (an object) as part of a [[batch]], using the same [[geometry]] [[data]].
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