verb · academic
exemplify
/ɪɡˈzemplɪfaɪ/ex·ZEMP·li·fy
to give a typical example that illustrates or represents something
Examples
“To make her point convincing, she exemplified it with a real-life study.”
“Many case studies exemplify the social effects of urbanisation.”
“When you write, try to exemplify your ideas rather than staying abstract.”
Band 8 sentence
“In my essay I exemplified this trend with multiple case studies from different countries, which strengthened my argument.”
Collocations
- exemplify a point / exemplify the problem
- be exemplified by
Word family
Common mistakes
make an example→give an example / exemplify
exemplify something to someone→exemplify something (or exemplify something to someone is rare)
Say it for a higher band
5give an example→6illustrate→7+exemplify
Synonyms
illustrate
demonstrate
Easily confused
illustrate
“The author illustrated the argument with a clear chart.”
demonstrate
“The experiment demonstrated the link between diet and health.”
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