SAMPLE


Meaning of SAMPLE in English

I. ˈsam-pəl noun

Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French sample, essample, from Latin exemplum — more at example

Date: 15th century

1. : a representative part or a single item from a larger whole or group especially when presented for inspection or shown as evidence of quality : specimen

2. : a finite part of a statistical population whose properties are studied to gain information about the whole

3. : an excerpt from a musical recording that is used in another artist's recording

Synonyms: see instance

II. transitive verb

( sam·pled ; sam·pling -p(ə-)liŋ)

Date: 1767

1. : to take a sample of or from ; especially : to judge the quality of by a sample : test

sampled his output for defects

sample a wine

2. : to use a segment of (another's musical recording) as part of one's own recording

III. adjective

Date: 1820

: serving as an illustration or example

sample questions

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.