sample

Speech parts

1. sample - Noun

2. sample - Verb

3. Sample - Proper noun

Meaning

Example; pattern.

A part of anything presented for inspection, or shown as evidence of the quality of the whole; a specimen; as, goods are often purchased by samples.

To make or show something similar to; to match.

To take or to test a sample or samples of; as, to sample sugar, teas, wools, cloths.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

example specimen try taste case model test instance trial experiment representative prototype illustration tasting sampling
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Antonyms

bolt down whole cram guzzle murder
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Hypernyms

have example take distribution instance representative

Hyponyms

pilot core specimen tasting coupon cross section

Phrases with the word

snowball sample tiny sample as sample analysis of a blood sample analysis of a sample of blood stratified sample

Anagrams

psalme

Examples

The French system of conscription brings together a fair sample of all classes; ours is composed of the scum of the earth - the mere scum of the earth. It is only wonderful that we should be able to make so much out of them afterwards. Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington

I drink too much. The last time I gave a urine sample it had an olive in it. Rodney Dangerfield

Every region should retain representative samples of its original or wilderness condition, to serve science as a sample of normality. Just as doctors must study healthy people to understand disease, so must the land sciences study the wilderness to understand disorders of the land-mechanism. Aldo Leopold

(Coining the phrase ‘test of significance'): Critical tests of this kind may be called tests of significance, and when such tests are available we may discover whether a second sample is or is not significantly different from the first. Ronald Fisher

Always sample a maidens charms before the wedding. English Proverb

He should not complain of being cheated who buys the cloth by the sample. Portuguese Proverb

Close letter words and terms

sampladelia sampladelic samplary sample container sample distribution sample function