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English

Etymology

Noun

Something fit to be imitated; see ideal and model.
Something typical or representative of a class; see example.
A pattern after which others should be made; see archetype.
A well known usage of a scientific theory.
A handwritten manuscript used by a scribe to make a handwritten copy; the original copy of what gets multiply reproduced in a copy machine.

Translations

French: exemple

References

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Latin

Noun

model, pattern, example, original or ideal
copy

Inflection

io:exemplar la:exemplar pl:exemplar pt:exemplar ru:exemplar te:exemplar vi:exemplar zh:exemplar

GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Exemplar \Ex*em"plar\, n. [L. exemplar, exemplum: cf. F.
exemplaire. See Example, and cf. Examper, Sampler.]
1. A model, original, or pattern, to be copied or imitated; a
specimen; sometimes; an ideal model or type, as that which
an artist conceives.
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Such grand exemplar as make their own abilities the
sole measure of what is fit or unfit. --South.
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2. A copy of a book or writing. [Obs.] --Udall.
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GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Exemplar \Ex*em"plar\, a.
Exemplary. [Obs.]
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The exemplar piety of the father of a family. --Jer.
Taylor.
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WordNet exemplar
n : something to be imitated; "an exemplar of success"; "a model
of clarity"; "he is the very model of a modern major
general" [syn: example, model, good example]

Moby Dictionary
Geistesgeschichte , Hegelian idea , Kantian idea , Platonic form ,
Platonic idea , archetype , beau ideal , case , case in point , classic ,
complex idea , demonstration , emblem , eternal object ,
eternal universal , example , exemplification , explanation , exponent ,
formal cause , good example , highest category , history of ideas ,
ideal , idealism , ideate , ideatum , idee-force , illustration ,
innate idea , instance , man of men , masterpiece , masterwork , mirror ,
model , nonpareil , noosphere , noumenon , object lesson , paradigm ,
paragon , pattern , pattern of perfection , percept , prototype ,
quintessence , regulative first principle , relevant instance ,
representative , shining example , simple idea , soul , standard ,
subsistent form , symbol , the Absolute , the Absolute Idea ,
the Self-determined , the realized ideal , transcendent idea ,
transcendent nonempirical concept , transcendent universal , type ,
typical example , universal , universal concept , universal essence ,
very model