Synonyms for sampling

Grammar : Verb

Spell : sam-pling, sahm-

Phonetic Transcription : ˈsæm plɪŋ, ˈsɑm-

Définition of sampling

Origin : c.1300, "something which confirms a proposition or statement," from Anglo-French saumple, a shortening of Old French essample, from Latin exemplum "a sample" (see example). Meaning "small quantity (of something) from which the general quality (of the whole) may be inferred" (usually in a commercial sense) is recorded from early 15c.; sense of "specimen for scientific sampling" is from 1878. As an adjective from 1820.

verb taste, try

Example sentences :

She had his tin stew-pan on the fire and was bending over it, sampling the contents.
Extract from : « The Wrong Woman » by Charles D. Stewart

Dog and herder sniffed the evening air, sampling the new odor.
Extract from : « The Wrong Woman » by Charles D. Stewart

The sampling and the cabin and the tunnel count for assessment work.
Extract from : « The Man from the Bitter Roots » by Caroline Lockhart

To understand what this means, it is useful to contrast quotation and sampling.
Extract from : « The Civilization of Illiteracy » by Mihai Nadin

He walked back to the anteroom and looked at the sampling chamber.
Extract from : « The Bramble Bush » by Gordon Randall Garrett

When sampling for trade delivery, about two-thirds of the bags in a chop are tried.
Extract from : « All About Coffee » by William H. Ukers

But sampling "the classes and masses" is not, blow me tight if it is!
Extract from : « Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 109, August 24, 1895 » by Various

Wonder why I catch 'em sampling me over their papers whenever I look up!
Extract from : « Lyre and Lancet » by F. Anstey

I'm supposed to be sampling in the city at this very moment.
Extract from : « Hide and Seek » by Wilkie Collins

"Does you credit," murmured Maudie, sampling the delicacy in question.
Extract from : « The Girls of St. Cyprian's » by Angela Brazil

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