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11make an example of — verb To punish someone so as to be a warning to others. He made an example of the drunken sailor with twenty lashes, to show that he must have a sober crew …
12make an example of — punish as a warning or deterrent to others. → example …
13make an example — use for demonstration, make into a sample …
14make an example of — Synonyms and related words: bring to account, bring to book, call to account, castigate, chasten, chastise, correct, deal with, discipline, inflict upon, masthead, penalize, pillory, punish, settle with, square accounts, take to task, visit upon …
15make an example of someone — to punish someone severely as a way of warning other people not to do the same thing …
16Make (software) — make Original author(s) Stuart Feldman Initial release 1977 Type build automation tool In software development, Make is a utility that automatically builds executable programs and libraries from source code by rea …
17example — ► NOUN 1) a thing characteristic of its kind or illustrating a general rule. 2) a person or thing regarded in terms of their fitness to be imitated. ● for example Cf. ↑for example ● make an example of Cf. ↑make an example of …
18example — [[t]ɪgzɑ͟ːmp(ə)l, zæ̱mp [/t]] ♦ examples 1) N COUNT: oft N of n An example of something is a particular situation, object, or person which shows that what is being claimed is true. The doctors gave numerous examples of patients being expelled… …
19example — n. 1) to cite, give, provide an example 2) to set an example for 3) to make an example of 4) to follow smb. s example 5) a classic; concrete; extreme; glaring, striking; illustrative; impressive; prime, shining; typical example 6) (misc.) to lead …
20example — noun 1 sth that is typical/demonstrates a point ADJECTIVE ▪ characteristic, classic, prime, quintessential, stellar (AmE), supreme, textbook, typical, ultimate …
