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sample en · NOUN

Pronunciation

/ˈsam.pəl/ (Northern-England, Scotland)
/ˈsæm.pəl/ (General-American)
(Southern-England) audio
/ˈsaːm.pəl/ (New-Zealand)
/ˈsaːm.pəl/ (Australia)
[ˈsɛəm.pəɫ] (General-American)
[ˈsäːmpɯ] (New-Zealand)
/ˈsæːm.pəl/ (Australia)
/ˈsɑːm.pəl/ (Received-Pronunciation)

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English saumple, sample, from Old French essample (“example”), from Latin exemplum. Doublet of example and exemplum.

Meanings

A part or snippet of something taken or presented for inspection, or shown as evidence of the quality of the whole; a specimen.
- He looked down into Glen Doone first, and sniffed as if he were smelling it, like a sample of goods from a wholesale house; and then he looked at the hills over yonder, and then he stared at me. 1869, Richard Doddridge Blackmore, “Quo Warranto?”, in Lorna Doone, page 99:
- Then one day in May 2012, he picked up a free sample of a Vietnamese-language magazine based in New Jersey. In it, he saw an article about a career Navy officer named Kimberly Mitchell and her search into her past. 2014 May 7, Anh Do, “War orphan named 'Precious Pearl' reunites with South Vietnamese soldier who rescued her in '72”, in The Sydney Morning Herald:
- a blood sample
- Altogether we spent eight days on the Aparaman Range, exploring and gathering samples of plant and animal life. 1989 May, Uwe George, “Venezuela's Islands in Time”, in National Geographic, volume 175, number 5, page 559:
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.
- It is interesting to find that, with the exception of a few imperfectly-observed South Sea Islanders, and whose actual numbers, if the measurements are correct, are very few, the English professional classes head the long list [in average height], and that the Anglo-Saxon race takes the chief place in it among the civilised communities, although it is possible it might stand second to the Scandinavian countries if a fair sample of their population were obtained. 1883, Sir Francis Galton et al., “Final Report of the Anthropometric Committee”, in Report of the British Association for the Advancement of Science, page 269:
- 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. 1927, Ernest Bramah [pseudonym; Ernest Brammah Smith], Max Carrados Mysteries:
A small quantity of food for tasting, typically given away for free.
A small piece of some goods, for determining quality, colour, etc., typically given away for free.
A borrowing of easily recognised phases (or moments) from other music (or movies) in a recording.
(obsolete) Example; pattern.
- Thus he concludes, and euery hardie knight / His ſample follow’d, and his brethren twaine, / The other Princes put on harneſſe light, / As footmen vſe. 1600, Torquato Tasso, translated by Edward Fairfax, Godfrey of Bulloigne, or The Recouerie of Ierusalem, London: Ar. Hatfield, translation of La Gerusalemme liberata (in Italian), book XI, page 200:
- [The King] Liu’d in Court / (Which rare it is to do) moſt prais’d, moſt lou’d, / A ſample to the yongeſt. 1611 April (first recorded performance), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Cymbeline”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene i], page 369, column 2:

Forms

Spelling	Features	Labels	Source
samples	Number=Plur		lexicographic

Translations (171)

es muestra (statistics) · uk екземпля́р (part taken for inspection) · sw sampuli (part taken for inspection) · tl halimbawa (part taken for inspection) · cmn 採樣 /采样 (music) · ht echantiyon (music) · ca tast (cooking) · ka მაგალითი (part taken for inspection) · es muestra (cooking) · it assaggio (cooking) · cmn 試用品 /试用品 (cooking) · ru про́ба (part taken for inspection) · fi näyte (part taken for inspection) · nl staal (business) · cmn 樣品 /样品 (part taken for inspection) · ar عَيِّناتٌ (statistics) · fi lainaus (music) · pdt Proow (part taken for inspection) · ga tástáil (part taken for inspection) · te నమూనా (part taken for inspection) · fr extrait (part taken for inspection) · it campione (part taken for inspection) · da stikprøve (statistics) · ru вы́борка (statistics) · da prøve (business) · cmn 樣本 /样本 (part taken for inspection) · hu minta (statistics) · sv försmak (cooking) · da prøve (part taken for inspection) · qu malli (cooking) · pl próba (statistics) · tl halimbagay (statistics) · be узо́р (part taken for inspection) · gl mostra (statistics) · ja サンプル (part taken for inspection) · pl sampel (music) · mi pota (part taken for inspection) · km គំរូ (part taken for inspection) · pt amostra (part taken for inspection) · es muestra (part taken for inspection) · sv stickprov (part taken for inspection) · acw عَيِّنة (part taken for inspection) · it campione (business) · da vareprøve (business) · la exemplum (part taken for inspection) · ca mostra (part taken for inspection) · he סִמְפּוּל (music) · gd sampall (part taken for inspection) · bho नमूना (part taken for inspection) · bg подборка (statistics) · pl próbka (business) · grc δεῖγμα (part taken for inspection) · gl mostra (music) · ru образе́ц (part taken for inspection) · cy sbesimen (part taken for inspection) · cmn 樣本 /样本 (statistics) · eo specimeno (part taken for inspection) · tr örnek (part taken for inspection) · he דגימה (part taken for inspection) · cmn 試用品 /试用品 (business) · nl monster (business) · bn নমুনা (part taken for inspection) · ca mostratge (music) · fa اشانتیون (part taken for inspection) · mr नमुना (part taken for inspection) · es muestra (business) · hy նմուշ (part taken for inspection) · fi sämpläys (music) · hu mutató (business) · th ตัวอย่าง (part taken for inspection) · ko 견본 (part taken for inspection) · bg проба (part taken for inspection) · sv provsmakning (cooking) · ru образе́ц (business) · ro eșantionare (music) · ca sampleig (music) · no eksempel (part taken for inspection) · tr numune (part taken for inspection) · ko 샘플 (part taken for inspection) · ar عَيِّناتٌ (business) · no sample (part taken for inspection) · fa نمونه (statistics) · nl monster (part taken for inspection) · af monster (part taken for inspection) · de Probe (part taken for inspection) · ar عَيِّنَة (part taken for inspection) · cmn 取樣 /取样 (music) · it campione (statistics) · cy sampl (statistics) · hu kóstoló (cooking) · de Stichprobe (statistics) · sv smakbit (cooking) · da stikprøve (part taken for inspection) · ar عَيِّنَةٌ (statistics) · mk мостра (part taken for inspection) · pl próbka (part taken for inspection) · sk vzorka (statistics) · da smagsprøve (cooking) · sv gratisprov (business) · fr exemple (part taken for inspection) · is úrtak (statistics) · tg намуна (part taken for inspection) · de Probe (business) · ru экземпля́р (part taken for inspection) · af proetjie (cooking) · eu lagin (part taken for inspection) · is sýnataka (part taken for inspection) · sk vzorka (business) · sv smakprov (cooking) · sk vzorka (part taken for inspection) · fy meunster (part taken for inspection) · ru про́бная па́ртия (business) · hu áruminta (business) · ka ნიმუში (part taken for inspection) · mi tīpakonga (part taken for inspection) · cs vzorek (part taken for inspection) · uk зразо́к (part taken for inspection) · ar عَيِّنَةٌ (business) · nl steekproef (statistics) · id sampel (statistics) · cmn 抽樣 /抽样 (statistics) · sv prov (business) · cmn 試樣 /试样 (cooking) · fr échantillon (part taken for inspection) · eo prov-ekzemplero (part taken for inspection) · cmn 試樣 /试样 (business) · hu minta (part taken for inspection) · ro mostră (part taken for inspection) · hi नमूना (part taken for inspection) · sk vzorka (cooking) · hu ételminta (cooking) · fi maistiainen (cooking) · gu નમૂનો (statistics) · cy sampl (part taken for inspection) · nl staal (part taken for inspection) · ja 見本 (part taken for inspection) · bn নমুনা (business) · gl mostra (part taken for inspection) · de Muster (part taken for inspection) · ru семпл (music) · tl muwestra (part taken for inspection) · af steekproef (statistics) · el δείγμα (part taken for inspection) · ca mostra (statistics) · bn নমুনা (statistics) · sv stickprov (statistics) · fi näyte (business) · vi mẫu vật (part taken for inspection) · bg образец (part taken for inspection) · de Gratisprobe (business) · es sample (music) · bg проба (cooking) · az nümunə (part taken for inspection) · pt sample (music) · bal نمونہ (part taken for inspection) · vi mẫu (part taken for inspection) · sv provbit (part taken for inspection) · tl lakda (part taken for inspection) · de Kostprobe (cooking) · no prøve (part taken for inspection) · uk про́ба (part taken for inspection) · fi otos (statistics) · sv varuprov (business) · es muestra (music) · ca tastet (cooking) · gl proba (cooking) · km តំណាង (part taken for inspection) · fa نمونه (part taken for inspection) · sv urval (statistics) · es sampleo (music) · de Probierhäppchen (cooking)

sample en · VERB

Pronunciation

/ˈsam.pəl/ (Northern-England, Scotland)
/ˈsæm.pəl/ (General-American)
(Southern-England) audio
/ˈsaːm.pəl/ (New-Zealand)
/ˈsaːm.pəl/ (Australia)
[ˈsɛəm.pəɫ] (General-American)
[ˈsäːmpɯ] (New-Zealand)
/ˈsæːm.pəl/ (Australia)
/ˈsɑːm.pəl/ (Received-Pronunciation)

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English saumple, sample, from Old French essample (“example”), from Latin exemplum. Doublet of example and exemplum.

Meanings

(transitive) To take or to test a sample or samples of.
- It is certainly my personal favourite, for it was by way of Hardwick's great Doric arch that I first sampled the roar and clatter of London streets, the trip being a boyhood reward for achieving (unexpected) success in a school examination! 1951 October, R. S. McNaught, “Lines of Approach”, in Railway Magazine, page 703:
- I did not really wonder, after sampling the "Settebello's" standards of comfort and service, that even on a midweek day in autumn there was not a seat to spare, despite the cost. 1960 March, G. Freeman Allen, “Europe's most luxurious express - the "Settebello"”, in Trains Illustrated, page 140:
- Mok was enjoying himself very much. It was not often that he had such an opportunity to sample the delights of Paris. His young master, Ralph, had given him strict orders never to go out at night, or in his leisure hours, unless accompanied by Cheditafa. 1895, Frank Richard Stockton, “Mok as a Vocalist”, in The Adventures of Captain Horn, New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons, published 1907, page 367:
- They had just finished their breakfast, and the sight of the remains of it almost overpowered me. I could hardly keep my wits together in the presence of that food, but as I was not asked to sample it, I had to bear my trouble as best I could. 1893, Mark Twain, “The £1,000,000 Bank-Note”, in The £1,000,000 Bank-Note and Other Stories, pages 2–3:
- The Healing brush is similar to the Clone Stamp in that information is sampled by Alt-clicking and then painted into other parts of the image. The big difference is that the Healing brush attempts to make the sampled data match the lighting and shading of the area to which it's being applied. 2008, Mark Fitzgerald, Photoshop CS3 Restoration and Retouching Bible, →ISBN, page 148:
- The Eyedropper tool allows you to sample colors from anywhere in your open InDesign documents (yes, even from placed images!) You can add a sampled color to the Swatches palette and then apply it to the fill or stroke of any frame, shape, path, line, or table. 2005, Ted LoCascio, InDesign CS2 at Your Fingertips, →ISBN, page 46:
(transitive) To reduce a continuous signal (such as a sound wave) to a discrete signal.
(transitive) To reuse a portion of (an existing sound recording) in a new piece of music.
- To address this novel legal quandary, one legal treatise on copyright has developed the concept of fragmented literal similarity, a method of determining whether a sample-based work is substantially similar to the source it sampled. The name reflects the exactness of the similarity between the snippet of a track that is sampled and the sampled copy of that snippet. 2011, Kembrew McLeod, Peter DiCola, Creative License: The Law and Culture of Digital Sampling, →ISBN, page 130:
(transitive) To make or show something similar to a sample.
- It means that a larger image field can be sampled from a lower resolution copy without much loss in comparative data, only the number of data points to be manipulated. 2006, Translation of Digital Process to Architectural Program, →ISBN, page 6:

Forms

Spelling	Features	Source
samples	Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres	lexicographic
sampling	Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part	lexicographic
sampled	Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part	lexicographic
sampled	Tense=Past	lexicographic

Deriveds

undersampled · biosample · serosample · upsample · undersample · samplable · resample · downsample · autosample · oversample · sampler · nonsampled · multisample · unsampled

Translations (59)

fy meunsterje (to take or to test a sample or samples of) · cmn 嘗試 /尝试 (to take or to test a sample or samples of) · es samplear (music: to reuse a portion of an existing recording) · fi tehdä samanlainen (to make or show something similar to a sample) · de kosten (to take or to test a sample or samples of) · cmn 採樣 /采样 (signal processing: to reduce a continuous signal to a discrete signal) · ja 試す (to take or to test a sample or samples of) · hu kipróbál (to take or to test a sample or samples of) · he דָּגַם (signal processing: to reduce a continuous signal to a discrete signal) · hu mintát vesz (to take or to test a sample or samples of) · fr goûter (to take or to test a sample or samples of) · ru семпли́ровать (music: to reuse a portion of an existing recording) · fi sämplätä (music: to reuse a portion of an existing recording) · es samplear (to take or to test a sample or samples of) · nl monsteren (to take or to test a sample or samples of) · cs vzorkovat (signal processing: to reduce a continuous signal to a discrete signal) · pl samplować (music: to reuse a portion of an existing recording) · cs vzorkovat (to take or to test a sample or samples of) · no ta prøve av (to take or to test a sample or samples of) · pt samplear (music: to reuse a portion of an existing recording) · am ቀመሰ (to take or to test a sample or samples of) · fi ottaa näyte (to take or to test a sample or samples of) · dsb proběrowaś (to take or to test a sample or samples of) · es mostrear (music: to reuse a portion of an existing recording) · fi näyttää samanlainen (to make or show something similar to a sample) · cmn 試 /试 (to take or to test a sample or samples of) · pt samplar (music: to reuse a portion of an existing recording) · fi poimia otos (to take or to test a sample or samples of) · it campionare (to take or to test a sample or samples of) · fi kokeilla (to take or to test a sample or samples of) · ca samplejar (music: to reuse a portion of an existing recording) · fi otostaa (to take or to test a sample or samples of) · es muestrear (music: to reuse a portion of an existing recording) · fi näytteistää (signal processing: to reduce a continuous signal to a discrete signal) · he דָּגַם (to take or to test a sample or samples of) · th ลอง (to take or to test a sample or samples of) · ht echantiyon (to take or to test a sample or samples of) · el δειγματίζω (to take or to test a sample or samples of) · fi näytteistää (to take or to test a sample or samples of) · fr échantillonner (to take or to test a sample or samples of) · cmn 採樣 /采样 (music: to reuse a portion of an existing recording) · de abtasten (signal processing: to reduce a continuous signal to a discrete signal) · fi ottaa otos (to take or to test a sample or samples of) · ja サンプル (signal processing: to reduce a continuous signal to a discrete signal) · fi ottaa näytteitä (to take or to test a sample or samples of) · pt amostrar (to take or to test a sample or samples of) · de probieren (to take or to test a sample or samples of) · fi ottaa näytteitä (signal processing: to reduce a continuous signal to a discrete signal) · bg взимам проба (to take or to test a sample or samples of) · ru попро́бовать (to take or to test a sample or samples of) · uk про́бувати (to take or to test a sample or samples of) · pt provar (to take or to test a sample or samples of) · hu újrafelhasznál (music: to reuse a portion of an existing recording) · tr örneklem (to take or to test a sample or samples of) · ru про́бовать (to take or to test a sample or samples of) · he סִמְפֵּל (music: to reuse a portion of an existing recording) · es muestrear (to take or to test a sample or samples of) · bg дигитализирам (signal processing: to reduce a continuous signal to a discrete signal) · da tage en prøve (to take or to test a sample or samples of)

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sample en · NOUN

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sample en · VERB

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