SAMPLE

sample

(noun) a small part of something intended as representative of the whole

sample

(noun) all or part of a natural object that is collected and preserved as an example of its class

sample, try, try out, taste

(verb) take a sample of; “Try these new crackers”; “Sample the regional dishes”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Proper noun

Sample (plural Samples)

A surname.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Sample is the 3150^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 11471 individuals. Sample is most common among White (68.43%) and Black/African American (25.25%) individuals.

Anagrams

• maples, psalme

Etymology

Noun

sample (plural samples)

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

(statistics) A subset of a population selected for measurement, observation or questioning, to provide statistical information about the population.

(cooking) A small quantity of food for tasting, typically given away for free.

(business) A small piece of some goods, for determining quality, colour, etc, typically given away for free.

(music) Gratuitous borrowing of easily recognised phases (or moments) from other music (or movies) in a recording.

(obsolete) Example; pattern.

Synonyms

• specimen

• example

Hyponyms

• product sample

Verb

sample (third-person singular simple present samples, present participle sampling, simple past and past participle sampled)

(transitive) To take or to test a sample or samples of.

(transitive, signal processing) To reduce a continuous signal (such as a sound wave) to a discrete signal.

(music, transitive) To reuse a portion of (an existing sound recording) in a new piece of music.

(transitive, computer graphics) To make or show something similar to a sample.

Anagrams

• maples, psalme

Noun

SAMPLE (uncountable)

(emergency medicine) Initialism of signs and symptoms, allergies, medications, past pertinent history, last oral intake, events leading to present illness.

Anagrams

• maples, psalme

Source: Wiktionary

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Sam"ple, n. Etym: [OE. sample, asaumple, OF. essample, example, fr. L. exemplum. See Example, and cf. Ensample, Sampler.]

1. Example; pattern. [Obs.] Spenser. "A sample to the youngest." Shak. Thus he concludes, and every hardy knight His sample followed. Fairfax.

2. 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.

Syn.

– Specimen; example. See Specimen.

Sam"ple, v. t.

1. To make or show something similar to; to match. Bp. Hall.

2. To take or to test a sample or samples of; as, to sample sugar, teas, wools, cloth.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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