instantiate
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2INSTANTIATE + NOUN
class, element
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in
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To represent (a concept, theme, or principle) by an instance.
To see and test the result of one's CSS for any particular HTML element, one must instantiate that element in a document.
In the eighteenth century, this was instantiated in writings which developed the view that ‘savages’ exhibited more virtue and moral nobility than their conquerors.
To create an object (an instance) of a specific class.
To instantiate a class, we call its constructor.
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3To see and test the result of one's CSS for any particular HTML element, one must instantiate that element in a document.
WiktionaryIn the eighteenth century, this was instantiated in writings which developed the view that ‘savages’ exhibited more virtue and moral nobility than their conquerors.
WiktionaryTo instantiate a class, we call its constructor.
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