Thesaurus: sample

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1. n. Example; pattern.
2. n. A part of anything presented for inspection, or shown as evidence of the quality of the whole; a specimen; as, goods are often purchased by samples.
3. v. t. To make or show something similar to; to match.
4. v. t. To take or to test a sample or samples of; as, to sample sugar, teas, wools, cloths.
5. n. a small part of something intended as representative of the whole
6. n. items selected at random from a population and used to test hypotheses about the population
7. n. all or part of a class="def-link" href="https://vividlex.com/word/natural">natural class="def-link" href="https://vividlex.com/word/object">object that is collected and preserved as an example of its class
8. v. take a sample of
9. 1. Example; pattern. [Obs.] Spenser. "A sample to the youngest." Shak. Thus he concludes, and every hardy knight His sample followed. Fairfax. 2. A part of anything presented for inspection, or shown as evidence of the quality of the whole; a specimen; as, goods are often purchased by samples. I design this but for a sample of what I hope more fully to discuss. Woodward. Syn. -- Specimen; example. See Specimen. 1. To make or show something similar to; to match. Bp. Hall. 2. To take or to test a sample or samples of; as, to sample sugar, teas, wools, cloth.
10. v:12/n:88 n. a small part of class="def-link" href="https://vividlex.com/word/something">something class="def-link" href="https://vividlex.com/word/intended">intended as representative of the whole n. all or part of a natural object that is collected and preserved as an example of its class v. take a sample of