Antonyms for sample
| Grammar : Noun, verb |
| Spell : sam-puh l, sahm- |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈsæm pəl, ˈsɑm- |
Definition of sample
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.
- noun example, model
- verb taste, try
- They say the more yuh hurry the less yuh'll git along, an' that's a sample.
- Extract from : « Chip, of the Flying U » by B. M. Bower
- It may serve as a sample of his wool, for invariably it is home made.
- Extract from : « Camps, Quarters and Casual Places » by Archibald Forbes
- Get from a wall-paper dealer a sample of a frieze for a papered room.
- Extract from : « Introductory American History » by Henry Eldridge Bourne
- A trial will convince anyone—and you may have a sample bottle free by mail.
- Extract from : « The Mayflower, January, 1905 » by Various
- To this sample of a modern tribune I will add a specimen of a modern legislator.
- Extract from : « Memoirs of the Court of St. Cloud, Complete » by Lewis Goldsmith
- With it went a sample of the ore and the bullet that had killed Pete.
- Extract from : « Louisiana Lou » by William West Winter
- My lawyer tells me, that every bale and every part of the bales must be equal to the sample.
- Extract from : « Bremen Cotton Exchange » by Andreas Wilhelm Cramer
- And this was a sample of the carryings-on in the days of the old Keighley Show.
- Extract from : « Adventures and Recollections » by Bill o'th' Hoylus End
- Calhoun drew a sample of blood from the insensitive area on Murgatroyd's flank.
- Extract from : « Pariah Planet » by Murray Leinster
- Calhoun put the sample away and called Maril back and offered no explanation.
- Extract from : « Pariah Planet » by Murray Leinster
Synonyms for sample
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