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How to spell example

Example is spelled E-X-A-M-P-L-E. It starts EX, and the rest is the word ample, as in sample: ex + ample.

What it means: A person or thing that shows what others are like.

In a sentence: This picture is an example of a happy cat. ▶

The part people get wrong

Watch for an unstressed vowel that is hard to hear.

Same family: for example, exemplify, exemplary, sample, model. If you can spell one, the shared part carries to the others.

Where it comes from: Example comes from Latin "exemplum," meaning a pattern or model to follow. It’s related to the word "exemplary," which describes something so good that it should be used as a model or example for others.

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