Definitions for sample

sample sam·ple

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

Sample is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 10 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 13 points.

You can make 175 anagrams from letters in sample (aelmps).

Definitions for sample

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 sample

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

Examples for sample

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Word Value for sample
Scrable

10

Words with friends

13

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