Definitions for samples

samples sam·ple

Spelling: [sam-puh l, sahm-]
IPA: /ˈsæm pəl, ˈsɑm-/

Samples is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 10 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 13 points.

You can make 221 anagrams from letters in samples (aelmpss).

Definitions for samples

noun

  1. a small part of anything or one of a number, intended to show the quality, style, or nature of the whole; specimen.
  2. Statistics. a subset of a population:
  3. a sound of short duration, as a musical tone or a drumbeat, digitally stored in a synthesizer for playback.

adjective

  1. serving as a specimen:

verb (used with object)

  1. to take a sample or samples of; test or judge by a sample.

Origin of samples

First recorded in 1250-1300; Middle English word from Old French word essample. See example

Examples for samples

Ever since Eve urged Adam to sample the forbidden fruit, men have been doing crazy things in the name of love.

Get from a wall-paper dealer a sample of a frieze for a papered room.

Virginia is one of the 29 states that requires arrestees to submit a DNA sample to be entered into CODIS.

A trial will convince anyone—and you may have a sample bottle free by mail.

The astronomers found that of the 93 quasars in the sample, 19 exhibited a measurable amount of polarization.

They say the more yuh hurry the less yuh'll git along, an' that's a sample.

It may serve as a sample of his wool, for invariably it is home made.

In West Africa at the present, an Ebola test can take four days or more and that is if the sample is not lost.

sample reportedly told her “to drop the matter” and not discuss it with anybody else.

To this sample of a modern tribune I will add a specimen of a modern legislator.

Word Value for samples
Scrable

10

Words with friends

13

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