sample
/ˈsæm.pəl/ verb C2- To take or to test a sample or samples of.
- To reduce a continuous signal (such as a sound wave) to a discrete signal.
- To reuse a portion of (an existing sound recording) in a new piece of music.
- To make or show something similar to a sample.
He/she/it samples · Past sampled · Past participle sampled · -ing form sampling
Verb forms
- Base form
- sample
- He/she/it
- samples
- Past
- sampled
- Past participle
- sampled
- -ing form
- sampling
From the library
Permit me to give you a sample.
Each cylindrical sample we carefully pull from the ancient glacier contains tiny trapped bubbles of prehistoric air.
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