Definition of INSTANTIATE

instantiate

Verb

  • represent by an instance
    • "This word instantiates the usage that the linguists claimed to be typical for a certain dialect"
  • find an instance of (a word or particular usage of a word)
    • "The linguists could not instantiate this sense of the noun that he claimed existed in a certain dialect"
  • To represent (a concept, theme, or principle) by an instance.
  • To create an object (an instance) of a specific class.

Examples

  • To instantiate a class, we call its constructor.
  • To see and test the result of one's CSS for any particular HTML element, one must instantiate that element in a document.

Origin / Etymology

From Latin instāntia + -ate (verb-forming suffix). By surface analysis, instance + -ate.

Scrabble Score: 11

instantiate: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Word
instantiate: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
instantiate: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 13

instantiate: valid Words With Friends Word