Sample

Quick meaning: Sample is a noun meaning A part or snippet of something taken or presented for inspection, or shown as evidence of the quality of the whole; a specimen.

Meaning

A part or snippet of something taken or presented for inspection, or shown as evidence of the quality of the whole; a specimen.

More Meanings

1. (cooking) A small quantity of food for tasting, typically given away for free.
2. (business) A small piece of some goods, for determining quality, colour, etc., typically given away for free.
3. (music) A borrowing of easily recognised phases (or moments) from other music (or movies) in a recording.
4. (transitive) To take or to test a sample or samples of.
5. (transitive, signal processing) To reduce a continuous signal (such as a sound wave) to a discrete signal.
6. (statistics) A subset or portion of a population that is systematically selected for measurement, observation, or questioning, with the objective of generating statistical information that accurately reflects the characteristics of the entire population.
7. (obsolete) Example; pattern.

Example Sentences

a blood sample

Large samples are generally more reliable than small samples due to having less variability.

It's a pretty grey outlook for England if these are a sample of the mothers of the coming generation.

[The King] Liu’d in Court / (Which rare it is to do) moſt prais’d, moſt lou’d, / A ſample to the yongeſt.

Word Forms

• samples
• sampling
• sampled

Synonyms for sample

Depending on context, synonyms include example, specimen, try, taste, try out.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include try out, try, taste, measurement, copy, illustration.

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