sam|ple

sam|ple
sam|ple «SAM puhl, SAHM-», noun, adjective, verb, -pled, -pling.
–noun.
a part to show what the rest is like; one thing to show what the others are like: »

Get samples of blue silk for a new dress. Figurative. Pushing people aside to get on a bus is a sample of his bad manners.

SYNONYM(S): specimen. See syn. under example. (Cf. ↑example)
–adjective.
serving as a sample: »

a sample copy, sample ores.

–transitive verb.
1. to take a part of; test a part of: »

We sampled the cake and found it very good. Figurative. Each of us…seems to have sampled all the different varieties of human experience (Mark Twain).

2. Music. To copy a short excerpt of an existing composition and use it in another work: »

The folk legend let an admiring young singer sample one of her hit songs.

3. to record and digitize a sound for reuse: »

For the soundtrack, the composer sampled the howls of a wolf to play in counterpoint against a wailing saxophone.

╂[short for essample, variant of example < Old French essample]

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  • en|sam|ple — «ehn SAM puhl, SAHM », noun. Archaic. an example; instance. ╂[< Anglo French ensample, Old French essample; see etym. under example (Cf. ↑example)] …   Useful english dictionary

  • sub|sam|ple — «SUHB SAM puhl, SAHM », noun, verb, pled, pling. –n. a sample taken from a group of samples; part of a large sampling. –v.t. to take a subsample of …   Useful english dictionary

  • ple — ple·iad; ple·i·dae; ple·na·ri·ly; ple·nar·ty; ple·na·ry; ple·ne; ple·ni·lune; ple·nip·o·tence; ple·nip·o·tent; ple·nist; ple·o·chro·ic; ple·och·ro·ism; ple·och·ro·ous; ple·o·cy·to·sis; ple·o·dont; ple·o·mas·tia; ple·o·ma·zia; ple·o·me·tro·sis;… …   English syllables

  • sam — sam·a·ra; sam·a·ri·form; sam·ba·qui; sam·bar; sam·bho·ga·ka·ya; sam; sam·bu·cus; sam·buk; sam·bul; sam·bu·nigrin; sam·el; sam·en; sam·hi·ta; sam·iel; sam·i·res·ite; sam·i·sen; sam·let; sam·ma; sam·mer; sam·mi·er; sam·na·ni; sam·nite;… …   English syllables

  • sample — sam·ple …   English syllables

  • Sample — Sam|ple [ zampl̩, engl.: sɑ:mp(ə)l ], das; [s], s [engl. sample, über das Afrz. zu lat. exemplum, ↑ Exempel]: 1. (bes. Markt , Meinungsforschung, Statistik) a) repräsentative Stichprobe; b) aus einer größeren Menge ausgewählte Gruppe von Personen …   Universal-Lexikon

  • sample — sam|ple1 [ sæmpl ] noun count *** 1. ) an example or small amount of something that shows you what all of it is like: sample of: I took home some samples of curtain fabrics. We had to bring some samples of our work to the interview. a ) a small… …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • Sample — Sam·ple [ saːmpl] das; (s), s; 1 ≈ Stichprobe 2 ein (typischer) Teil eines Produkts, der zeigen soll, wie das ganze Produkt ist ≈ ↑Muster (2) …   Langenscheidt Großwörterbuch Deutsch als Fremdsprache

  • Sample — Sam|ple auch: Samp|le 〈 [sa:mpl] n.; Gen.: s, Pl.: s〉 1. 〈Markt u. Meinungsforschung〉 repräsentative Auswahl von Gegenständen od. Personen 2. Warenmuster 3. = Sampler [Etym.: engl., »Probe, Muster«] …   Lexikalische Deutsches Wörterbuch

  • Sample — Sam|ple [...pl̩, engl. sɑ:mpl] das; [s], e <aus engl. sample »Muster, Probe«, dies über altfr. essample aus lat. exemplum »Beispiel«, vgl. ↑Exempel>: 1. a) repräsentative Stichprobe, Auswahl; b) aus einer größeren Menge repräsentativ… …   Das große Fremdwörterbuch

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