Definition of "instantiate" in Englisch

verb

1. (transitive) 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.

2. (transitive, object-oriented programming) To create an object (an instance) of a specific class.

   • To instantiate a class, we call its constructor.