Sample

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Pronunciation 1.3 Noun 1.3.1 Translations 1.4 Synonyms 1.5 Verb 1.5.1 Translations

English

Etymology

Old English sample, asaumple, Old French essample, example, from Latin exemplum.

Pronunciation

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Noun

sample (plural: samples)

1. 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.

   "I design this but for a sample of what I hope more fully to discuss." -Woodward.

2. (music production): gratuitous borrowing of easily recognised phases (or moments) from other music (or movies,) in a recording, used to emphasize a particular point by implying a certain context.
3. Example; pattern. [Obs.]

   "Thus he concludes, and every hardy knight His sample followed." -Fairfax.

Translations

• Finnish: näyte (1)

Synonyms

• specimen
• example

Verb

to sample (samples, sampled, sampling)

1. To make or show something similar to; to match.
2. To take or to test a sample or samples of; as, to sample sugar, teas, wools, cloth.

Translations

• Finnish: ottaa näyte (2)

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