INSTANTIATE - Definition & Meaning for Kids

Simple definitions and word synonyms for kids.

Part of speech: Verb

represent by an instance

Example: This word instantiates the usage that the linguists claimed to be typical for a certain dialect

Categories: Represent

Part of speech: Verb

find an instance of (a word or particular usage of a word)

Example: The linguists could not instantiate this sense of the noun that he claimed existed in a certain dialect

Categories: Detect, Observe, Find, Discover, Notice

The word "instantiate" comes from Latin instāntia.

ate – A related word in the same word family.

Many Latin words entered English twice—once through French and once through direct borrowing.