Dictionary

instantiate en · VERB

Pronunciation

• /ɪnˈstænʃieɪt/ (UK, US)
• (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

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

Meanings

1. (transitive) To represent (a concept, theme, or principle) by an instance.
   • In the eighteenth century, this was instantiated in writings which developed the view that ‘savages’ exhibited more virtue and moral nobility than their conquerors. 2002, Colin Jones, The Great Nation, Penguin, published 2003, page 195:
   • To see and test the result of one's CSS for any particular HTML element, one must instantiate that element in a document.
2. (qualifier:object-oriented programming, transitive) To create an object (an instance) of a specific class.
   • To instantiate a class, we call its constructor.

Forms

Deriveds

coinstantiation · reinstantiation · instantiable · uninstantiated · reinstantiate · instantiator · instantiatable · coinstantiate · coinstantiated · instantiation · uninstantiate

Relateds

coinstantial · instantial

Synonyms

channel (represent by a concrete instance) · exemplify (represent by a concrete instance) · embody (represent by a concrete instance) · realize (represent by a concrete instance)

Translations (20)

fi luoda ilmentymä (to create an object of a specific class) · ru инстанцировать (to create an object of a specific class) · cs zosobnit (to represent by a concrete instance) · cs doložit příkladem (to represent by a concrete instance) · fr instancier (to represent by a concrete instance) · fi toteuttaa (to represent by a concrete instance) · el προτυποποιώ (to create an object of a specific class) · cs znázorňovat (to represent by a concrete instance) · he יצר מופע (to create an object of a specific class) · de instanziieren (to represent by a concrete instance) · fi instantioida (to create an object of a specific class) · pt instanciar (to create an object of a specific class) · fr instancier (to create an object of a specific class) · cs zosobňovat (to represent by a concrete instance) · es instanciar (to represent by a concrete instance) · fi ilmentää (to represent by a concrete instance) · cs uvést příklad (to represent by a concrete instance) · uk ілюструвати прикладом (to represent by a concrete instance) · cs znázornit (to represent by a concrete instance) · sv exemplifiera (to represent by a concrete instance)