exemplification

English

Etymology

From Middle English exemplificacion, exemplification, from Anglo-Norman exemplification, from Medieval Latin exemplificātiō.

Pronunciation

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• Rhymes: -eɪʃən

Noun

exemplification (countable and uncountable, plural exemplifications)

1. The act of exemplifying; a showing or illustrating by example.
2. That which exemplifies; a case in point; example.
3. (law) A copy or transcript attested to be correct by the seal of an officer having custody of the original.

Derived terms

• counterexemplification
• nonexemplification

Translations

act of exemplifying

• Bulgarian: илюстриране (bg) n (iljustrirane)
• Finnish: näyttäminen esimerkillä
• French: exemplification (fr) f
• German: Veranschaulichung f, Exemplifizierung f, Illustration (de) f, Beispielgebung f
• Polish: egzemplifikacja (pl) f, zilustrowanie (pl) n
• Romanian: exemplificare (ro) f

case in point; example

• Finnish: esimerkki (fi)
• German: Veranschaulichung f, Illustration (de) f, Exempel (de) n
• Polish: egzemplifikacja (pl) f
• Romanian: exemplificare (ro) f, exemplu (ro) n

copy or transcript attested to be correct by the seal of an officer having custody of the original

• Bulgarian: заверено копие n (zavereno kopie)
• Finnish: oikeaksi todistettu jäljennös
• German: originalgetreue Ausfertigung f

French

Pronunciation

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Noun

exemplification f (plural exemplifications)

1. exemplification

Further reading

• “exemplification”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.