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As nouns the difference between example and tree

is that example is something that is representative of all such things in a group while tree is a large plant, not exactly defined, but typically over four meters in height, a single trunk which grows in girth with age and branches (which also grow in circumference with age).

As verbs the difference between example and tree

is that example is to be illustrated or exemplified (by) while tree is to chase (an animal or person) up a tree.

example

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • Something that is representative of all such things in a group.
  • * {{quote-magazine, date=2013-07-26, author=(Leo Hickman)
    • , volume=189, issue=7, page=26, magazine=(The Guardian Weekly) , title= How algorithms rule the world , passage=The use of algorithms in policing is one example of their increasing influence on our lives. And, as their ubiquity spreads, so too does the debate around whether we should allow ourselves to become so reliant on them – and who, if anyone, is policing their use.}}
  • Something that serves to illustrate or explain a rule.
  • * {{quote-magazine, year=2013, month=May-June, author= David Van Tassel], [http://www.americanscientist.org/authors/detail/lee-dehaan Lee DeHaan
    • , title= Wild Plants to the Rescue , volume=101, issue=3, magazine=(American Scientist) , passage=Plant breeding is always a numbers game.
  • Something that serves as a pattern of behaviour to be imitated (a good example) or not to be imitated (a bad example).
  • * Bible, (w) xiii, 15
    • For I have given you an example , that ye should do as I have done to you.
  • * (John Milton)
    • I gave, thou sayest, the example ; I led the way.
  • * 1818 , (Mary Shelley), :
    • Learn from me, if not by my precepts, then at least by my example, how dangerous is the acquirement of knowledge,
  • *
    • , title=(The Celebrity), chapter=4 , passage=The Celebrity, by arts unknown, induced Mrs. Judge Short and two other ladies to call at Mohair on an afternoon when Mr. Cooke was trying a trotter on the track.
  • A person punished as a warning to others.
  • * (William Shakespeare)
    • Hang him; he'll be made an example .
  • * Bible, x, 6
    • Now these things were our examples , to the intent that we should not lust after evil things, as they also lusted.
  • A parallel or closely similar case, especially when serving as a precedent or model.
  • * (William Shakespeare)
    • Such temperate order in so fierce a cause / Doth want example .
  • An instance (as a problem to be solved) serving to illustrate the rule or precept or to act as an exercise in the application of the rule.

    • Synonyms

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    Derived terms

    * for example * make an example of * proof by example * set an example

    Related terms

    * exemplary

    See also

    * exemplar * model * pattern * quotation * template

    Verb

    (exampl)
  • To be illustrated or exemplified (by).

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    tree

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    Noun

    (en-noun) (plural "treen" is obsolete)
  • A large plant, not exactly defined, but typically over four meters in height, a single trunk which grows in girth with age and branches (which also grow in circumference with age).
    • is the tallest living tree in the world.
    Birds have a nest in a tree in the garden.
  • Any plant that is reminiscent of the above but not classified as a tree in the strict botanical sense: for example the banana "tree".
  • An object made from a tree trunk and having multiple hooks]] or storage [[platform, platforms.
    • He had the choice of buying a scratching post or a cat tree .
  • A device used to hold or stretch a shoe open.
    • He put a shoe tree in each of his shoes.
  • The structural frame of a saddle.
  • (graph theory) A connected graph with no cycles or, equivalently, a connected graph with n'' vertices and ''n -1 edges.
  • (computing theory) A recursive data structure in which each node has zero or more nodes as children.
  • (graphical user interface) A display or listing of entries or elements such that there are primary and secondary entries shown, usually linked by drawn lines or by indenting to the right.
    • We’ll show it as a tree list.
  • Any structure or construct having branches akin to (1).
  • The structure or wooden frame used in the construction of a saddle used in horse riding.
  • (informal) Marijuana.
  • (obsolete) A cross or gallows.
    • Tyburn tree
  • * Bible, Acts x. 39
    • [Jesus] whom they slew and hanged on a tree .
  • (obsolete) wood; timber
  • * Wyclif Bible (2 Tim. ii. 20)
    • In a great house ben not only vessels of gold and of silver but also of tree and of earth.
  • (chemistry) A mass of crystals, aggregated in arborescent forms, obtained by precipitation of a metal from solution.

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    Hypernyms

    * plant * (in graph theory) graph

    Hyponyms

    * oak, fir, pine * see also:

    Synonyms

    * sapling, seedling

    See also

    * * arboreal

    Verb

    (d)
  • To chase (an animal or person) up a tree.
    • The dog treed the cat.
  • To place upon a tree; to fit with a tree; to stretch upon a tree.
    • to tree a boot

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