instantiate

• Verbe utilisé en informatique et en programmation orientée objet pour désigner la création d'une instance d'une classe ou d'un objet.

A verb used in computing and object-oriented programming to mean creating an instance of a class or object.

1. Represent by an instanceC1formal

   To represent an abstract concept or general category by a concrete example or specific case.

   représenter par un exemple concret

   • The software class is instantiated by creating a new object.
   • This experiment instantiates the theory of relativity.
   • The artist's work instantiates the principles of modernism.

   Synonymesembodyexemplifyillustraterepresenttypify

2. Find an instance of a word or usageC2formal

   To locate or provide a specific example of a word or a particular usage of a word in context.

   trouver un exemple d'emploi

   • The linguist instantiated the rare verb in a 19th-century novel.
   • The dictionary entry is instantiated with several sentences from literature.
   • The researcher instantiated the slang term in a transcript of a conversation.

   Synonymesadduceciteexemplifyillustrateinstancequote