sample

English

/ˈsɑːm.pəl/, /ˈsæm.pəl/, /sæːm.pəl/

noun
Definitions
  • A part or snippet of something taken or presented for inspection, or shown as evidence of the quality of the whole; a specimen.
  • (statistics) A subset of a population selected for measurement, observation or questioning, to provide statistical information about the population.
  • (cooking) A small quantity of food for tasting, typically given away for free.
  • (business) A small piece of some goods, for determining quality, colour, etc., typically given away for free.
  • (music) Gratuitous borrowing of easily recognised phases (or moments) from other music (or movies) in a recording.
  • (obsolete) Example; pattern.

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English saumple derived from Old French essample (example) derived from Latin exemplum (example, pattern, warning example, what is taken out, etc, sample, specimen, copy for imitation, penalty, a sample).

Origin

Latin

exemplum

Gloss

example, pattern, warning example, what is taken out, etc, sample, specimen, copy for imitation, penalty, a sample

Concept
Semantic Field

The physical world

Ontological Category

Person/Thing

Kanji

模

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