different between instance vs item
instance
English
Alternative forms
- enstance, enstaunce, instaunce (all obsolete)
Etymology
From Middle French instance, from Latin instantia (“a being near, presence, also perseverance, earnestness, importunity, urgency”), from instans (“urgent”); see instant.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /??nst?ns/
Noun
instance (plural instances)
- (obsolete) Urgency of manner or words; an urgent request; insistence. [14th-19th c.]
- (obsolete) A token; a sign; a symptom or indication.
- It sends some precious instance of itself/ After the thing it loves. Hamlet IV. v. ca. 1602
- (obsolete) That which is urgent; motive.
- (obsolete) A piece of evidence; a proof or sign (of something). [16th-18th c.]
- c. 1594, William Shakespeare, The Comedy of Errors:
- The reason that I gather he is mad, Besides this present instance of his rage, Is a mad tale he told to day at dinner […]
- c. 1594, William Shakespeare, The Comedy of Errors:
- Occasion; order of occurrence.
- 1713, Matthew Hale, The History of the Common Law of England
- These seem as if, in the time of Edward I., they were drawn up into the form of a law, in the first instance.
- 1713, Matthew Hale, The History of the Common Law of England
- A case offered as an exemplification or a precedent; an illustrative example. [from 16th c.]
- August 30, 1706, Francis Atterbury, a sermon preach'd in the Cathedral Church of St. Paul, at the funeral of Mr. Tho. Bennet
- most remarkable instances of suffering
- :
- sometimes we love those that are absent, saith Philostratus, and gives instance in his friend Athenodorus, that loved a maid at Corinth whom he never saw […]
- August 30, 1706, Francis Atterbury, a sermon preach'd in the Cathedral Church of St. Paul, at the funeral of Mr. Tho. Bennet
- One of a series of recurring occasions, cases, essentially the same.
- 2010, The Guardian, 11 Oct 2010:
- The organisations claim fraudsters are targeting properties belonging to both individuals and companies, in some instances using forged documents.
- 2010, The Guardian, 11 Oct 2010:
- (computing) A specific occurrence of something that is created or instantiated, such as a database, or an object of a class in object-oriented programming. [from 20th c.]
- 2000, Dov Bulka, David Mayhew, Efficient C++: Performance Programming Techniques (page 149)
- Some compilers will allow statics to be inlined, but then incorrectly create multiple instances of the inlined variable at run-time.
- 2000, Dov Bulka, David Mayhew, Efficient C++: Performance Programming Techniques (page 149)
- (massively multiplayer online games) A dungeon or other area that is duplicated for each player, or each party of players, that enters it, so that each player or party has a private copy of the area, isolated from other players.
- 2006 September 1, "Dan" (username), "Re: DPS Classes: Why should I heal you?", in alt.games.warcraft, Usenet:
- As long as the most difficult instance you've tried is Gnomeregan, you're never going to be credible talking about 'difficult encounters'.
- 2010, William Sims Bainbridge, Online Multiplayer Games, Morgan & Claypool, ?ISBN, page 26:
- For example, when a team of five players enters the Sunken Temple instance in World of Warcraft, they will battle many monsters, but they will not encounter other players even though several teams of players may be experiencing the Sunken Temple at the same time.
- 2012, anonymous gamer quoted in Andrew Ee & Hichang Cho, "What Makes an MMORPG Leader? A Social Cognitive Theory-Based Approach to Understanding the Formation of Leadership Capabilities in Massively Multiplayer Online Role-Playing Games", Eludamos, volume 6, page 31:
- Beating a difficult instance becomes second nature after running through it…a few times, with good leaders knowing exactly what to do and how to co-ordinate member actions.
- 2006 September 1, "Dan" (username), "Re: DPS Classes: Why should I heal you?", in alt.games.warcraft, Usenet:
- (massively multiplayer online games) An individual copy of such a dungeon or other area.
- 2005 January 11, Patrick B., "Re: Instance dungeons", in alt.games.warcraft, Usenet:
- The instance is created for the group that enters it.
- 2005 December 6, "Rene" (username), "Re: Does group leader affect drops?", in alt.games.warcraft, Usenet:
- As soon as the first player enters (spawns) a new instance, it appears that the loottable is somehow chosen.
- 2010, Anthony Steed & Manuel Fradinho Oliveira, Networked Graphics: Building Networked Games and Virtual Environments, Elsevier, ?ISBN, page 398:
- A castle on the eastern edge of the island spawns a new instance whenever a party of players enters.
- 2005 January 11, Patrick B., "Re: Instance dungeons", in alt.games.warcraft, Usenet:
Derived terms
Related terms
Translations
See also
- (computing) closure, class, object
Verb
instance (third-person singular simple present instances, present participle instancing, simple past and past participle instanced)
- (transitive) To mention as a case or example; to refer to; to cite
- 1946, E. M. Butler, Rainer Maria Rilke, p. 404
- The poems which I have instanced are concrete and relatively glaring examples of the intangible difference which the change of language made in Rilke's visions .
- 1946, E. M. Butler, Rainer Maria Rilke, p. 404
- (intransitive) To cite an example as proof; to exemplify.
References
- instance in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
- instance in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
Anagrams
- ancients, canniest, cantines, catenins, enactins, insectan, tenascin
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /??s.t??s/
- Rhymes: -??s
Etymology 1
From Latin instantia
Noun
instance f (plural instances)
- (often in the plural) urgent demand, insistence, plea
- authority, forum, agency, body
- (law) legal proceedings, prosecution process
- (object-oriented programming) instance
Derived terms
- en instance
- tribunal d'instance
- première instance
Etymology 2
A derivative of etymology 1, but reborrowed from English.
Noun
instance f (plural instances)
- (computing) instance
Anagrams
- cantines
Further reading
- “instance” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
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item
English
Etymology
From Middle English item, from Latin item (“also; in the same manner”). The present English meaning derives from a usage in lists, where the first entry would begin in primis (“firstly”) or imprimis, and the other entries with item (“also, moreover”). Later, people less familiar with Latin, seeing such lists, took the word "item" as meaning "a member of a list".
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?a?t?m/
- (US) IPA(key): [?a????m], [?a???m?]
- Hyphenation: item
Noun
item (plural items)
- A distinct physical object.
- (by extension, video games) An object that can be picked up for later use.
- A line of text having a legal or other meaning; a separate particular in an account.
- (psychometrics) A question on a test, which may include its answers.
- A matter for discussion in an agenda.
- (informal) Two people who are having a relationship with each other.
- 2010, Justin Bieber featuring Ludacris, Baby
- Are we an item? Girl, quit playin' / "We're just friends," what are you sayin'?
- 2010, Justin Bieber featuring Ludacris, Baby
- A short article in a newspaper.
- (obsolete) A hint; an innuendo.
- A secret item was given to some of the bishops […] to absent themselves.
Synonyms
- (object): article, object, thing
- (line of text having a legal or semantic meaning):
- (matter for discussion): subject, topic
- (two people who are having a relationship with each other): couple
- (psychometrics): test/assessment question
Hyponyms
Derived terms
Translations
Verb
item (third-person singular simple present items, present participle iteming, simple past and past participle itemed)
- (transitive) To make a note of.
Related terms
- itemize
Adverb
item (not comparable)
- likewise
Anagrams
- -time, METI, emit, it me, mite, time
Czech
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [??t?m]
Adverb
item
- (archaic) as well
- Synonyms: také, rovn?ž, dále, krom? toho
Further reading
- item in P?íru?ní slovník jazyka ?eského, 1935–1957
- item in Slovník spisovného jazyka ?eského, 1960–1971, 1989
French
Etymology
Latin.
Adverb
item
- same; in the same way
Further reading
- “item” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Italian
Etymology 1
From Latin item.
Adverb
item
- (law) in the same way.
Etymology 2
From English item, from Latin item.
Noun
item m (invariable)
- (computer science) A single programmed unit.
- (linguistics) An element of a grammatical or lexical set.
Latin
Etymology
Perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *éy and *só. Compare ita and itidem.
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /?i.tem/, [??t????]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /?i.tem/, [?i?t??m]
Adverb
item (not comparable)
- just like (in a comparison)
Related terms
References
- item in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- item in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
- item in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
Middle English
Etymology
From Latin item.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?i?t?m/
Adverb
item
- also, and this.
References
- “item, adv. & n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-04-25.
Noun
item
- the same; identical.
Descendants
- English: item
- Scots: eetem
References
- “item, adv. & n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-04-25.
Middle French
Etymology
Latin.
Adverb
item
- same; in the same way
Old French
Etymology
Latin.
Adverb
item
- same; in the same way
Portuguese
Etymology
From Latin item (“also; in the same manner”).
Pronunciation
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /?i.t?m/, /?i.t??j?/
- Hyphenation: i?tem
Noun
item m (plural itens)
- item
- A matter for discussion in an agenda or elsewhere.
- A line of text with some meaning.
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