Antonyms for experiment
| Grammar : Noun, verb |
| Spell : noun ik-sper-uh-muhnt; verb ek-sper-uh-ment |
| Phonetic Transcription : noun ɪkˈspɛr ə mənt; verb ɛkˈspɛr əˌmɛnt |
Definition of experiment
Origin :- mid-14c., from Old French esperment "practical knowledge, cunning, enchantment; trial, proof, example, lesson," from Latin experimentum "a trial, test, proof, experiment," noun of action from experiri "to test, try" (see experience).
- noun investigation, test
- verb investigate, test
- Anyone else can demonstrate it who chooses to make the experiment.
- Extract from : « The Conquest of Fear » by Basil King
- Poor Dirk, you will remember, if he had thought of it, had no comb with which to experiment.
- Extract from : « Ester Ried Yet Speaking » by Isabella Alden
- We regard every child in our school as a subject for experiment.
- Extract from : « A Treatise on Parents and Children » by George Bernard Shaw
- He himself said I was the best subject he could find for the experiment.
- Extract from : « The Bacillus of Beauty » by Harriet Stark
- When they reached Malakand, the experiment was at once made.
- Extract from : « The Story of the Malakand Field Force » by Sir Winston S. Churchill
- By experiment he found that at a distance of a foot or so the illumination registered.
- Extract from : « The Leopard Woman » by Stewart Edward White
- Nelson rejoiced that the experiment was made, but was well aware that it was an experiment.
- Extract from : « The Life of Horatio Lord Nelson » by Robert Southey
- This appears to be the first experiment in signalling on a subaqueous wire.
- Extract from : « Heroes of the Telegraph » by J. Munro
- The design of the cable was a subject of experiment by Professor Morse and others.
- Extract from : « Heroes of the Telegraph » by J. Munro
- Such an experiment was at all events predestined to an ignominious failure.
- Extract from : « Heroes of the Telegraph » by J. Munro
Synonyms for experiment
- agreement
- analysis
- analyze
- assay
- attempt
- check
- diagnose
- dissection
- dry run
- enterprise
- essay
- examination
- examine
- exercise
- experimentation
- explore
- fling
- fool with
- futz around
- measure
- mess around
- observation
- operation
- play around with
- practice
- practice with
- probe
- procedure
- proof
- prove
- put to the test
- quiz
- R and D
- rehearsal
- research
- research and development
- sample
- scrutinize
- scrutiny
- search
- shake down
- speculate
- speculation
- study
- trial
- trial and error
- trial run
- try
- try on
- try on for size
- try out
- try-on
- tryout
- undertaking
- venture
- verification
- verify
- weigh
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