name
Meaning 1
A surname.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
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Standard Lemma guide
sample
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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Received-Pronunciation: /ˈsɑːm.pəl/
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Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
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Northern-England, Scotland: /ˈsam.pəl/
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General-American: /ˈsæm.pəl/
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General-American: [ˈsɛəm.pəɫ]
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Australian: /ˈsæːm.pəl/
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Australian: /ˈsaːm.pəl/
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New-Zealand: /ˈsaːm.pəl/
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New-Zealand: [ˈsäːmpɯ]
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rhymes with -ɑːmpəl
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rhymes with -æmpəl
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CMU ARPABET: S AE1 M P AH0 L Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
noun
Meaning 2
A part or snippet of something taken or presented for inspection, or shown as evidence of the quality of the whole; a specimen.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- a blood sample
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noun
Meaning 3
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.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: mathematics, sciences, statistics
Examples
- Large samples are generally more reliable than small samples due to having less variability.
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noun
Meaning 4
A small quantity of food for tasting, typically given away for free.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: cooking, food, lifestyle
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noun
Meaning 5
A small piece of some goods, for determining quality, colour, etc., typically given away for free.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: business
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noun
Meaning 6
A borrowing of easily recognised phases (or moments) from other music (or movies) in a recording.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: entertainment, lifestyle, music
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noun
Meaning 7
Example; pattern.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete
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noun
Meaning 8
Initialism of signs and symptoms, allergies, medications, past pertinent history, last oral intake, events leading to present illness.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, uncountable
Topics: emergency-medicine, medicine, sciences
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
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verb
Meaning 9
To take or to test a sample or samples of.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
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verb
Meaning 10
To reduce a continuous signal (such as a sound wave) to a discrete signal.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences, signal-processing
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verb
Meaning 11
To reuse a portion of (an existing sound recording) in a new piece of music.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
Topics: entertainment, lifestyle, music
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verb
Meaning 12
To make or show something similar to a sample.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
Topics: computer-graphics, computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences
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noun
Meaning 13
a small part of something intended as representative of the whole
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: example, illustration, instance, representative
Narrower terms: coupon, cross section, grab sample, random sample, tasting
noun
Meaning 14
items selected at random from a population and used to test hypotheses about the population
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: sample distribution, sampling
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: distribution, statistical distribution
Narrower terms: acceptance sampling, random sample, stratified sample, representative sample, proportional sample
noun
Meaning 15
all or part of a natural object that is collected and preserved as an example of its class
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
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Broader terms: natural object
Narrower terms: specimen, core
verb
Meaning 16
take a sample of
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- Try these new crackers
- Sample the regional dishes
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: try, try out, taste
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: consume, ingest, take in, take, have
Narrower terms: degust
History
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English saumple, sample, from Old French essample (“example”), from Latin exemplum. Doublet of example and exemplum.
Across languages
Translations
227 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Afrikaans: monster — part taken for inspection
- Arabic: عَيِّنَة (ʕayyina) — part taken for inspection
- Arabic: عَيِّنة (ʕayyina) — part taken for inspection
- Armenian: նմուշ (nmuš) — part taken for inspection
- Azerbaijani: nümunə — part taken for inspection
- Baluchi: نمونہ (namuna) — part taken for inspection
- Basque: lagin — part taken for inspection
- Belarusian: узо́р (uzór) — part taken for inspection
- Bengali: নমুনা (nomunā) — part taken for inspection
- Bhojpuri: नमूना (namūnā) — part taken for inspection
- Bulgarian: образец (obrazec) — part taken for inspection
- Bulgarian: проба (proba) — part taken for inspection
- Catalan: mostra — part taken for inspection
- Chinese Mandarin: 樣品 /样品 (yàngpǐn) — part taken for inspection
- Chinese Mandarin: 樣本 /样本 (yàngběn) — part taken for inspection
- Czech: vzorek — part taken for inspection
- Danish: prøve — part taken for inspection
- Danish: stikprøve — part taken for inspection
- Dutch: monster — part taken for inspection
- Dutch: staal — part taken for inspection
- Esperanto: prov-ekzemplero — part taken for inspection
- Esperanto: specimeno — part taken for inspection
- Finnish: näyte — part taken for inspection
- French: échantillon — part taken for inspection
- French: extrait — part taken for inspection
- French: exemple — part taken for inspection
- West-Frisian: meunster — part taken for inspection
- Galician: mostra — part taken for inspection
- Georgian: ნიმუში (nimuši) — part taken for inspection
- Georgian: მაგალითი (magaliti) — part taken for inspection
- German: Probe — part taken for inspection
- German: Muster — part taken for inspection
- Greek: δείγμα (deígma) — part taken for inspection
- Ancient Greek: δεῖγμα (deîgma) — part taken for inspection
- Hebrew: דגימה (dgimá) — part taken for inspection
- Hindi: नमूना (namūnā) — part taken for inspection
- Hungarian: minta — part taken for inspection
- Icelandic: sýnataka — part taken for inspection
- Irish: tástáil — part taken for inspection
- Italian: campione — part taken for inspection
- Japanese: 見本 (mihon) — part taken for inspection
- Japanese: サンプル (sanpuru) — part taken for inspection
- Khmer: គំរូ (kumruu) — part taken for inspection
- Khmer: តំណាង (dɑmnaaŋ) — part taken for inspection
- Korean: 견본 (gyeonbon) — part taken for inspection
- Korean: 샘플 (saempeul) — part taken for inspection
- Latin: exemplum — part taken for inspection
- Macedonian: мостра (mostra) — part taken for inspection
- Māori: pota — part taken for inspection
- Māori: tīpakonga — part taken for inspection
- Marathi: नमुना (namunā) — part taken for inspection
- Norwegian: prøve — part taken for inspection
- Norwegian: sample — part taken for inspection
- Norwegian: eksempel — part taken for inspection
- Persian: نمونه (nemune, nomune) — part taken for inspection
- Persian: اشانتیون (ešântiyon) — part taken for inspection
- Plautdietsch: Proow — part taken for inspection
- Polish: próbka — part taken for inspection
- Portuguese: amostra — part taken for inspection
- Romanian: mostră — part taken for inspection
- Russian: образе́ц (obrazéc) — part taken for inspection
- Russian: про́ба (próba) — part taken for inspection
- Russian: экземпля́р (ekzɛmpljár) — part taken for inspection
- Scottish Gaelic: sampall — part taken for inspection
- Slovak: vzorka — part taken for inspection
- Spanish: muestra — part taken for inspection
- Spanish: ejemplar — part taken for inspection
- Swahili: sampuli — part taken for inspection
- Swedish: stickprov — part taken for inspection
- Swedish: provbit — part taken for inspection
- Tagalog: lakda — part taken for inspection
- Tagalog: muwestra — part taken for inspection
- Tagalog: halimbawa — part taken for inspection
- Tajik: намуна (namuna) — part taken for inspection
- Telugu: నమూనా (namūnā) — part taken for inspection
- Thai: ตัวอย่าง (dtuua-yàang) — part taken for inspection
- Turkish: örnek — part taken for inspection
- Turkish: numune — part taken for inspection
- Ukrainian: зразо́к (zrazók) — part taken for inspection
- Ukrainian: про́ба (próba) — part taken for inspection
- Ukrainian: екземпля́р (ekzempljár) — part taken for inspection
- Vietnamese: mẫu vật — part taken for inspection
- Vietnamese: mẫu — part taken for inspection
- Welsh: sampl — part taken for inspection
- Welsh: sbesimen — part taken for inspection
- Afrikaans: steekproef — statistics
- Arabic: عَيِّنَةٌ (ʕayyinatun) — statistics
- Arabic: عَيِّناتٌ (ʕayyinātun) — statistics
- Bengali: নমুনা (nomunā) — statistics
- Bulgarian: подборка (podborka) — statistics
- Catalan: mostra — statistics
- Chinese Mandarin: 樣本 /样本 (yàngběn) — statistics
- Chinese Mandarin: 抽樣 /抽样 (chōuyàng) — statistics
- Danish: stikprøve — statistics
- Dutch: steekproef — statistics
- Finnish: otos — statistics
- Galician: mostra — statistics
- German: Stichprobe — statistics
- Gujarati: નમૂનો (namūno) — statistics
- Hungarian: minta — statistics
- Icelandic: úrtak — statistics
- Indonesian: sampel — statistics
- Italian: campione — statistics
- Persian: نمونه (nemune) — statistics
- Polish: próba — statistics
- Russian: вы́борка (výborka) — statistics
- Slovak: vzorka — statistics
- Spanish: muestra — statistics
- Swedish: stickprov — statistics
- Swedish: urval — statistics
- Tagalog: halimbagay — statistics
- Welsh: sampl — statistics
- Afrikaans: proetjie — cooking
- Bulgarian: проба (proba) — cooking
- Catalan: tast — cooking
- Catalan: tastet — cooking
- Chinese Mandarin: 試樣 /试样 (shìyàng) — cooking
- Chinese Mandarin: 試用品 /试用品 (shìyòngpǐn) — cooking
- Danish: smagsprøve — cooking
- Finnish: maistiainen — cooking
- Galician: proba — cooking
- German: Probierhäppchen — cooking
- German: Kostprobe — cooking
- Hungarian: kóstoló — cooking
- Hungarian: ételminta — cooking
- Italian: assaggio — cooking
- Quechua: malli — cooking
- Slovak: vzorka — cooking
- Spanish: prueba — cooking
- Swedish: smakbit — cooking
- Swedish: provsmakning — cooking
- Swedish: försmak — cooking
- Swedish: smakprov — cooking
- Arabic: عَيِّنَةٌ (ʕayyinatun) — business
- Arabic: عَيِّناتٌ (ʕayyinātun) — business
- Bengali: নমুনা (nomunā) — business
- Chinese Mandarin: 試樣 /试样 (shìyàng) — business
- Chinese Mandarin: 試用品 /试用品 (shìyòngpǐn) — business
- Danish: prøve — business
- Danish: vareprøve — business
- Dutch: monster — business
- Dutch: staal — business
- Finnish: näyte — business
- German: Probe — business
- German: Gratisprobe — business
- Hungarian: áruminta — business
- Hungarian: mutató — business
- Italian: campione — business
- Polish: próbka — business
- Russian: образе́ц (obrazéc) — business
- Russian: про́бная па́ртия (próbnaja pártija) — business
- Slovak: vzorka — business
- Spanish: muestra — business
- Swedish: prov — business
- Swedish: varuprov — business
- Swedish: gratisprov — business
- Catalan: mostratge — music
- Catalan: sampleig — music
- Chinese Mandarin: 採樣 /采样 (cǎiyàng) — music
- Chinese Mandarin: 取樣 /取样 (qǔyàng) — music
- Finnish: lainaus — music
- Finnish: sämpläys — music
- Galician: mostra — music
- Haitian Creole: echantiyon — music
- Polish: sampel — music
- Portuguese: sample — music
- Romanian: eșantionare — music
- Russian: семпл (sɛmpl) — music
- Spanish: muestra — music
- Spanish: sampleo — music
- Spanish: sample — music
- Amharic: ቀመሰ (ḳämäsä) — to take or to test a sample or samples of
- Bulgarian: взимам проба (vzimam proba) — to take or to test a sample or samples of
- Chinese Mandarin: 嘗試 /尝试 (chángshì) — to take or to test a sample or samples of
- Chinese Mandarin: 試 /试 (shì) — to take or to test a sample or samples of
- Czech: vzorkovat — to take or to test a sample or samples of
- Danish: tage en prøve — to take or to test a sample or samples of
- Dutch: monsteren — to take or to test a sample or samples of
- Finnish: kokeilla — to take or to test a sample or samples of
- Finnish: ottaa näyte — to take or to test a sample or samples of
- Finnish: ottaa näytteitä — to take or to test a sample or samples of
- Finnish: näytteistää — to take or to test a sample or samples of
- Finnish: ottaa otos — to take or to test a sample or samples of
- Finnish: poimia otos — to take or to test a sample or samples of
- Finnish: otostaa — to take or to test a sample or samples of
- French: échantillonner — to take or to test a sample or samples of
- French: goûter — to take or to test a sample or samples of
- West-Frisian: meunsterje — to take or to test a sample or samples of
- German: probieren — to take or to test a sample or samples of
- German: kosten — to take or to test a sample or samples of
- Greek: δειγματίζω (deigmatízo) — to take or to test a sample or samples of
- Haitian Creole: echantiyon — to take or to test a sample or samples of
- Hungarian: mintát vesz — to take or to test a sample or samples of
- Hungarian: kipróbál — to take or to test a sample or samples of
- Italian: campionare — to take or to test a sample or samples of
- Japanese: 試す (tamesu) — to take or to test a sample or samples of
- Norwegian: ta prøve av — to take or to test a sample or samples of
- Portuguese: provar — to take or to test a sample or samples of
- Portuguese: amostrar — to take or to test a sample or samples of
- Russian: про́бовать (próbovatʹ) — to take or to test a sample or samples of
- Russian: попро́бовать (popróbovatʹ) — to take or to test a sample or samples of
- Lower Sorbian: proběrowaś — to take or to test a sample or samples of
- Spanish: samplear — to take or to test a sample or samples of
- Spanish: muestrear — to take or to test a sample or samples of
- Thai: ลอง (lɔɔng) — to take or to test a sample or samples of
- Turkish: örneklem — to take or to test a sample or samples of
- Ukrainian: про́бувати (próbuvaty) — to take or to test a sample or samples of
- Bulgarian: дигитализирам (digitaliziram) — signal processing: to reduce a continuous signal to a discrete signal
- Chinese Mandarin: 採樣 /采样 (cǎiyàng) — signal processing: to reduce a continuous signal to a discrete signal
- Czech: vzorkovat — signal processing: to reduce a continuous signal to a discrete signal
- Finnish: ottaa näytteitä — signal processing: to reduce a continuous signal to a discrete signal
- Finnish: näytteistää — signal processing: to reduce a continuous signal to a discrete signal
- German: abtasten — signal processing: to reduce a continuous signal to a discrete signal
- Japanese: サンプル — signal processing: to reduce a continuous signal to a discrete signal
- Catalan: samplejar — music: to reuse a portion of an existing recording
- Chinese Mandarin: 採樣 /采样 (cǎiyàng) — music: to reuse a portion of an existing recording
- Finnish: sämplätä — music: to reuse a portion of an existing recording
- Hungarian: újrafelhasznál — music: to reuse a portion of an existing recording
- Polish: samplować — music: to reuse a portion of an existing recording
- Portuguese: samplar — music: to reuse a portion of an existing recording
- Portuguese: samplear — music: to reuse a portion of an existing recording
- Russian: семпли́ровать (semplírovatʹ) — music: to reuse a portion of an existing recording
- Spanish: samplear — music: to reuse a portion of an existing recording
- Spanish: muestrear — music: to reuse a portion of an existing recording
- Spanish: mostrear — music: to reuse a portion of an existing recording
- Finnish: tehdä samanlainen — to make or show something similar to a sample
- Finnish: näyttää samanlainen — to make or show something similar to a sample
Real reading context