sample
A part or snippet of something taken or presented for inspection, or shown as evidence…A part or snippet of something taken or presented for inspection, or shown as evidence of the quality of the whole; a specimen.
» We need to get a blood sample.
Wir brauchen eine Blutprobe.
Нам потрібно взяти пробу крові.
Meaning
6 sensesA 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
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
A small quantity of food for tasting, typically given away for free.
Probierhäppchen, Kostprobe
A small piece of some goods, for determining quality, colour, etc., typically given away for free.
Probe, Gratisprobe
образе́цobrazéc, про́бная па́ртияpróbnaja pártija
A borrowing of easily recognised phases (or moments) from other music (or movies) in a recording.
семплsɛmpl
(obsolete)Example; pattern.
Examples
164 sentencesWe need to get a blood sample.
Нам потрібно взяти пробу крові.
deWir brauchen eine Blutprobe.
They sent me a free sample.
ruОни прислали мне бесплатный образец.
I brought some samples of my work.
Let me give you a free sample.
Would you show us some samples of your work?
Translations
9 languagesBy meaning 1
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Origin
Inherited from Middle English saumple, sample, from Old French essample (“example”), fromInherited from Middle English saumple, sample, from Old French essample (“example”), from Latin exemplum. Doublet of example and exemplum.
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Forms
plural: samplesSynonyms
4 synonyms- items selected at random from a population and used to test hypotheses about the population:sample distributionsampling