Meaning

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

    a blood sample

    Probe, Muster

    образе́цobrazéc, про́баpróba, экземпля́рekzɛmpljár

    зразо́кzrazók, про́баpróba, екземпля́рekzempljár

    a small part of something intended as representative of the whole

  2. 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.

    Large samples are generally more reliable than small samples due to having less variability.

    Stichprobe

    вы́боркаvýborka

  3. A small quantity of food for tasting, typically given away for free.

    Probierhäppchen, Kostprobe

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

    Probe, Gratisprobe

    образе́цobrazéc, про́бная па́ртияpróbnaja pártija

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

    семплsɛmpl

  6. (obsolete)Example; pattern.

Examples

164 sentences
  1. We need to get a blood sample.

    Нам потрібно взяти пробу крові.

    deWir brauchen eine Blutprobe.

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  2. They sent me a free sample.

    ruОни прислали мне бесплатный образец.

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  3. I brought some samples of my work.

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  4. Let me give you a free sample.

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  5. Would you show us some samples of your work?

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
part taken for inspection:
Русский
By meaning 4
part taken for inspection:
statistics:
business:
music:
Deutsch
By meaning 4
part taken for inspection:
statistics:
cooking:
business:

Origin

Inherited from Middle English saumple, sample, from Old French essample (“example”), from

Inherited from Middle English saumple, sample, from Old French essample (“example”), from Latin exemplum. Doublet of example and exemplum.

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