sample A2 Topic:Describing Qualities US /ˈsam.pəl/ UK /ˈsɑːm.pəl/ See IPA manual Freq #3368 Meanings 1 noun A small part of something used to show what the whole is like. The nurse took a sample of my blood for testing. 2 noun A small group chosen from a larger one to be studied or measured. They surveyed a sample of a thousand voters. 3 verb To try a small amount of something to see what it is like. Visitors could sample the cheeses before buying. 4 verb To reuse a part of an existing recording in a new piece of music. The producer sampled an old jazz track for the chorus. Thesaurus Synonyms 2 noun · a small group chosen from a... sampling More examplespecimen Word family Forms sampledsamplessampling Derived forms autosamplebiosampledownsampleeigensampleintersampleintrasamplekilosamplemacrosamplemegasamplemetasamplemicrosamplemultisample Common collocations blood sample Noun + noun Etymology AI details Inherited from Middle English saumple, sample, from Old French essample (“example”), from Latin exemplum. Doublet of example and exemplum. saumple Middle English essample Old French exemplum Latin View etymology graph -> Topics Describing Qualities External links Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary Google Images # sample **Type:** Word **Level:** A2 **Part of speech:** noun, verb **IPA (US):** /ˈsam.pəl/ **IPA (UK):** /ˈsɑːm.pəl/ **Frequency rank:** 3368 ## Meanings 1. A small part of something used to show what the whole is like. 2. A small group chosen from a larger one to be studied or measured. 3. To try a small amount of something to see what it is like. 4. To reuse a part of an existing recording in a new piece of music. ## Examples - The nurse took a sample of my blood for testing. - They surveyed a sample of a thousand voters. - Visitors could sample the cheeses before buying. - The producer sampled an old jazz track for the chorus. ## Synonyms - example - specimen ## Derived Forms - autosample - biosample - downsample - eigensample - intersample - intrasample - kilosample - macrosample - megasample - metasample - microsample - multisample ## Roots and Affixes - Root: saumple - Root: essample - Root: exemplum ## Etymology Inherited from Middle English saumple, sample, from Old French essample (“example”), from Latin exemplum. Doublet of example and exemplum. ## AI Etymology Sample is inherited from Middle English saumple, sample, from Old French essample (“example”), from Latin exemplum. Doublet of example and exemplum. Modern senses include a small part of something used to show what the whole is like. and a small group chosen from a larger one to be studied or measured.. The wider word family includes derivatives such as autosample, biosample, downsample, eigensample, intersample, and intrasample. ## Topics - Describing Qualities markdown