experiment

B1 Topic:Science & Research

US /ɪkˈspɛɹ.ə.mənt/ UK /ɪkˈspɛɹ.ɪ.mənt/ See IPA manual

Freq #3016

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1

noun
A scientific test done to discover something or to check whether an idea is true.

The students carried out an experiment to measure the speed of sound.
2

verb
To try out new ideas or methods to see what happens.

Scientists are experimenting with a new drug to fight the disease.
3

noun
Something new or different that you try in order to see if it works.

As an experiment, I decided to grow a beard.

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1 noun · a scientific test done to... experimentation

2 verb · to try out new ideas or... try out

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Forms experimentalistexperimentalistsexperimentedexperimentingexperiments

Derived forms experimentalexperimentarianexperimentaryexperimentationexperimenteeexperimenter experimentiseexperimentistexperimentizeexperimentwiseinterexperimentintraexperiment

Etymology

From Middle English experiment, from Old French esperiment (French expérience), from Latin experimentum (“experience, attempt, experiment”), from experior (“to experience, to attempt”), itself from ex + *perior, in turn from Proto-Indo-European *per-.

*per- Proto-Indo-European experiment Middle English esperiment Old French experimentum Latin

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# experiment

**Type:** Word
**Level:** B1
**Part of speech:** noun, verb
**IPA (US):** /ɪkˈspɛɹ.ə.mənt/
**IPA (UK):** /ɪkˈspɛɹ.ɪ.mənt/
**Frequency rank:** 3016

## Meanings
1. A scientific test done to discover something or to check whether an idea is true.
2. To try out new ideas or methods to see what happens.
3. Something new or different that you try in order to see if it works.

## Examples
- The students carried out an experiment to measure the speed of sound.
- Scientists are experimenting with a new drug to fight the disease.
- As an experiment, I decided to grow a beard.

## Derived Forms
- experimental
- experimentarian
- experimentary
- experimentation
- experimentee
- experimenter
- experimentise
- experimentist
- experimentize
- experimentwise
- interexperiment
- intraexperiment

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: *per-
- Root: experiment
- Root: esperiment
- Root: experimentum

## Etymology
From Middle English experiment, from Old French esperiment (French expérience), from Latin experimentum (“experience, attempt, experiment”), from experior (“to experience, to attempt”), itself from ex + *perior, in turn from Proto-Indo-European *per-.

## AI Etymology
Experiment comes from Middle English experiment, from Old French esperiment (French expérience), from Latin experimentum (“experience, attempt, experiment”), from experior (“to experience, to attempt”), itself from ex + *perior, in turn from Proto-Indo-European *per-. In current use, the main senses are “A scientific test done to discover something or to check whether an idea is true” and “To try out new ideas or methods to see what happens”.

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- Science & Research

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