instantiation.

1. The act of giving an abstract idea, type, or rule a particular concrete realization.

2. A particular example or realization of a more general idea, type, or pattern.

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Words that belong together

• instantiation of a concept
• model instantiation
• object instantiation

On the page

The classroom exercise involved the instantiation of a general rule in a familiar situation.

Usage notes

Primary category: academic / formal / analytical. Lexical Type: Word. Forms: Process use uncountable. Example use countable: singular instantiation; plural instantiations. Commonness: moderately common (editorial estimate; not a corpus frequency statistic). Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1; numbered fields keep each relevant meaning separate. Research distinction: Cambridge verifies count/uncountable concrete example versus act of producing one, with technical corpus use; MW lists the noun under instantiate. Separate process and result. Writing functions: analysis, conceptual distinction.