Phrase Hound found 13 phrases and 9 compound words that contain instance. The most common are listed below. Open instance in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 13
- First instance
- court of first instancea court of law where legal proceedings are first heard.
- instance variableA member variable that is associated with a class for which each object of the class has a separate copy.
- in the first instanceAs the first step or stage; first.
- courts of first instanceplural of court of first instance: a court of law where legal proceedings are first heard.
- instance variablesplural of instance variable: A member variable that is associated with a class for which each object of the class has a separate copy.
- substitution instanceA well-formed formula (wff) that has a constant term in place of a variable; expressed as Q(a/x), where the resulting wff is identical to Q except that the constant a takes the place of every free occurrence of the variable x.
- argument instanceThe argument resulting when the blanks of an argument form are filled in with specific terms or statements.
- fer instancePronunciation spelling of for instance (“example”).
- court of second instanceAn appellate court.
- co-instanceAlternative spelling of coinstance: Misconstruction of coincidence.
- tribunal of first instanceSynonym of court of first instance: a court of law where legal proceedings are first heard.
- courts of second instanceplural of court of second instance: An appellate court.
Compound words 9
- instantiationThe production of an instance, example, or specific application of a general classification, principle, theory, etc.
- instantialRelating to, being, or constituting an instance.
- coinstanceMisconstruction of coincidence.
- coinstantialCo-occurring in a unitary instance; being coinstantiated.
- noninstanceThat which is not an instance; an occurrence of something other than what is looked for.
- subinstanceA secondary or subsidiary instance.
- instanceththird-person singular simple present indicative of instance: Urgency of manner or words; an urgent request; insistence.
- counterinstanceAn instance (example) which shows the opposite of a given theory to be true, thus disproving it.
- ferinstanceAlternative form of for instance: As an example.