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English

Etymology
OE. sample, asaumple, OF. essample, example, from L. exemplum.

Pronunciation
audio|en-us-sample.ogg|Audio (US)
Rhymes: Rhymes:English:-��mp�l|-��mp�l

Noun
en-noun

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.

1. (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.
2. Example; pattern. [Obs.]

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

Translations

Arabic: ARchar|ع��ة IPAchar|(�aína) f
Chinese: 樣�, 样� (yàngp�n)
Dutch: monster#Dutch|monster n
Finnish: näyte (1)
French: échantillon m
German: Probe f
Hungarian: minta
Italian: campione f
mid
Japanese: �� (���, mihon)
Korean: 견본 (gyeonbon)
Norwegian: prøve m (1), sample n (2), eksempel n (3)
Portuguese: amostra f
Russian: об�азе� (obrazéts) m
Spanish: muestra f
Swedish: provbit

Synonyms
specimen
example

Verb
en-verb|samples|sampling|sampled

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)
mid
Norwegian: ta prøve av (2)

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fi:sample
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