sample
/ˈsæm.pəl/
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.53 in modern English
10
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A part or snippet of something taken or presented for inspection, or shown as evidence of the quality of the whole; a specimen.
noun
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.
noun
A small piece of some goods, for determining quality, colour, etc., typically given away for free.
Example Sentences
- "a blood sample"
- "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."
- "Altogether we spent eight days on the Aparaman Range, exploring and gathering samples of plant and animal life."
- "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."
- "Large samples are generally more reliable than small samples due to having less variability."
- "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."
Etymology
Origin
Word Breakdown
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈsæm.pəl/
- British English: /ˈsɑːm.pəl/