IPA(key): /ɑ̃.n‿ɛ̃s.tɑ̃s/ <span class="searchmatch">en</span> <span class="searchmatch">instance</span> (invariable) (law) pending, in the process Elle est <span class="searchmatch">en</span> <span class="searchmatch">instance</span> de divorce. ― She's filing for divorce. Une demande...
programming) <span class="searchmatch">instance</span> <span class="searchmatch">en</span> <span class="searchmatch">instance</span> première <span class="searchmatch">instance</span> tribunal d'instance A derivative of etymology 1, but reborrowed from English. <span class="searchmatch">instance</span> f (plural <span class="searchmatch">instances</span>) (computing)...
an em dash. <span class="searchmatch">en</span> dash (plural <span class="searchmatch">en</span> dashes) (typography) The punctuation mark –, which is used, for <span class="searchmatch">instance</span>, to indicate a range. em dash <span class="searchmatch">en</span> space hyphen...
Compare French <span class="searchmatch">en</span> première <span class="searchmatch">instance</span>. <span class="searchmatch">en</span> primera instancia above all, first of all Synonyms: <span class="searchmatch">en</span> primer lugar, antes que nada “<span class="searchmatch">en</span> primera instancia”, in...
IPA(key): /ɑ̃ l‿ɛs.pɛs/ <span class="searchmatch">en</span> l’espèce in this <span class="searchmatch">instance</span>, in the present case, in the case at hand Synonyms: <span class="searchmatch">en</span> l’occurrence, dans le cas présent, à savoir...
court of second <span class="searchmatch">instance</span> (plural courts of second <span class="searchmatch">instance</span>) (law) An appellate court. court of second <span class="searchmatch">instance</span>...
passer <span class="searchmatch">en</span> force + -age. IPA(key): /pa.sa.ʒ‿ɑ̃ fɔʁs/ ~ /pɑ.sa.ʒ‿ɑ̃ fɔʁs/ passage <span class="searchmatch">en</span> force m (plural passages <span class="searchmatch">en</span> force) (derogatory) an <span class="searchmatch">instance</span> of forcing...
<span class="searchmatch">instancing</span> (plural <span class="searchmatch">instancings</span>) (chiefly philosophy) The creation of an <span class="searchmatch">instance</span> of something. <span class="searchmatch">instancing</span> present participle and gerund of <span class="searchmatch">instance</span>...
first <span class="searchmatch">instance</span> (plural courts of first <span class="searchmatch">instance</span>) (law) a court of law where legal proceedings are first heard. trial court court of second <span class="searchmatch">instance</span> court...
in the first <span class="searchmatch">instance</span> As the first step or stage; first. as the first step “in the first <span class="searchmatch">instance</span>”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press...