for example

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for example

/fəɹ ɪɡˈzɑːm.p(ə)l/ UK
/ˌfoɹ ɪɡˈzæm.pəl/ Canada, US
/fəɹ-/ Canada, US
/ˌfoːɹ ɪɡˈzæm.pəl/ Australia
/fə-/ Australia
/ˌfoːɹ əɡˈzɛm.pəl/ New Zealand
/fə-/ New Zealand
/ˌfoɹ ɪɡˈzam.pəl/ Scotland
/ˌfoɹ ɪɡˈzam.pʌl/ Scotland
/fəɹ-/ Scotland
/ˌfoːɾ ɪɡˈza(ː)m.pel/ India
/fɜː(ɾ)-/ India
/fəɾ-/ India

Where it comes from

First attested in the second half of the 16th century.

phrase

conjunctive As an example. The book has quite a few plot holes. For example, it's never explained why the main character came to town.
Similar: as, e.g., for instance, like, such as

Translations

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prep_phrase as an example

Español	por ejemplo, verbigracia, verbi gratia
한국어	예컨대 yekeondae
日本語	例えば tatoeba, 例えるなら tatoeru nara
中文	比如 bǐrú, 例如 lìrú, 譬如 pìrú, 譬若 pìruò
हिन्दी	उदाहरण के लिए udāhraṇ ke lie, उदाहरण के तौर पर udāhraṇ ke taur par, मिसाल के लिये misāl ke liye, मिसाल के तौर पर misāl ke taur par, मसलन maslan, उदाहरणार्थ udāharṇārth
Kiswahili	kwa mfano
Português	por exemplo
Français	par exemple
Deutsch	zum Beispiel, beispielsweise, zum Exempel
Italiano	per esempio, ad esempio, verbigrazia
Ελληνικά	για παράδειγμα gia parádeigma, παραδείγματος χάριν paradeígmatos chárin
Română	de exemplu, spre exemplu, de pildă, cum ar fi, precum
Русский	наприме́р naprimér
Tiếng Việt	ví dụ, thí dụ
العربية	مَثَلاً maṯalan, عَلَى سَبِيل الْمِثَال ʕalā sabīl al-miṯāl, نَحْوَ naḥwa
עברית	לדוגמה l'dugmá, למשל l'mashál

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@misc{for_example_2026,
  title = {for example},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/for%20example},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}