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ˈproʊ təˌtaɪppro·to·type

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English Synonyms and Antonyms0.0 / 0 votes

  1. prototype

    From its original sense of sample or specimen (Latin exemplum) example derives the seemingly contradictory meanings, on the one hand of a pattern or model, and on the other hand of a warning — a sample or specimen of what is to be followed, or of what is to be shunned. An example, however, may be more than a sample or specimen of any class; it may be the very archetype or prototype to which the whole class must conform, as when Christ is spoken of as being an example or leaving an example for his disciples. Example comes nearer to the possible freedom of the model than to the necessary exactness of the pattern; often we can not, in a given case, exactly imitate the best example, but only adapt its teachings to altered circumstances. In its application to a person or thing, exemplar can scarcely be distinguished from example; but example is most frequently used for an act, or course of action, for which exemplar is not used; as, one sets a good (or a bad) example. An exemplification is an illustrative working out in action of a principle or law, without any reference to its being copied or repeated; an example guides, an exemplification illustrates or explains. Ensample is the same as example, but is practically obsolete outside of Scriptural or theological language. Compare MODEL; SAMPLE.

    Synonyms:
    archetype, ensample, example, exemplar, exemplification, ideal, model, pattern, precedent, sample, specimen, standard, type, warning

Princeton's WordNet0.0 / 0 votes

  1. prototype, paradigm, epitome, imagenoun

    a standard or typical example

    "he is the prototype of good breeding"; "he provided America with an image of the good father"

    Synonyms:
    paradigm, range, effigy, trope, figure of speech, ikon, figure, substitution class, simulacrum, range of a function, image, epitome, persona, look-alike, icon, mental image, double, picture

Dictionary of English Synonymes1.0 / 1 vote

  1. prototypenoun

    Synonyms:
    original pattern, model, type, exemplar, example, archetype, protoplast

PPDB, the paraphrase database3.0 / 2 votes

  1. List of paraphrases for "prototype":

    prototypes, prototyping, blueprint

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How to use prototype in a sentence?

  1. Clair Tindall:

    We are still in the prototype phase now. So we are iterating on the technology and building more features into the band. So I look forward to see what the full version will become this Fall.

  2. Chris Hansen:

    This is the first suit we've designed in about 40 years, what you saw today was a prototype of the pressure garment. The life support system is back in a lab in Houston.

  3. Dan Vecchitto:

    I made a quick prototype, which people online thought was funny, and thus began work on a full game, i thought it would take around six months, but the entire start-to-finish process took four years( with lots of starts and stops).

  4. James Cameron:

    Yeah, you got to ask yourself, ‘Why did they make these characters look and sound like Arnold?’ There has to be a reason, so yeah, it has flashed through my mind that there has to have been a prototype.

  5. New Orleans Mayor LaToya Cantrell:

    Ellis Marsalis was a legend. Ellis Marsalis was the prototype of what we mean when we talk about New Orleans jazz, ellis Marsalis was Ellis Marsalis, a father, and an icon -- and words aren't sufficient to describe the art, the joy and the wonder Ellis Marsalis showed the world.


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