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Antonyms for specimen

Grammar : Noun
Spell : spes-uh-muhn
Phonetic Transcription : ˈspɛs ə mən

Definition of specimen

Origin :
  • 1610s, "pattern, model," from Latin specimen "indication, mark, example, sign, evidence," from specere "to look at" (see scope (n.1)). Meaning "single thing regarded as typical of its kind" first recorded 1650s.
  • noun example, sample
Example sentences :
  • I had no means of preserving a specimen, but I took a drawing of one.
  • Extract from : « Journal of an Expedition into the Interior of Tropical Australia » by Thomas Mitchell
  • But we have here a specimen of the inevitable consequence of sin.
  • Extract from : « Female Scripture Biographies, Vol. I » by Francis Augustus Cox
  • Here is a specimen of his graceful blending of irony and humor.
  • Extract from : « The Works of Whittier, Volume VI (of VII) » by John Greenleaf Whittier
  • He repaid Hopper with a specimen of his tongue, and flung the writ back at him.
  • Extract from : « The Channings » by Mrs. Henry Wood
  • What do you think of him, sir, for a specimen of the Dotheboys Hall feeding?
  • Extract from : « The Life And Adventures Of Nicholas Nickleby » by Charles Dickens
  • Saying this, he took out of his pocket the specimen of mineral which he had brought with him.
  • Extract from : « A Woman Intervenes » by Robert Barr
  • I will submit this specimen to Mr. Brand as you desire, and will let you know to-morrow what he says.'
  • Extract from : « A Woman Intervenes » by Robert Barr
  • The specimen was taken from a pegmatite dike at its contact with an amphibolite.
  • Extract from : « The Long Labrador Trail » by Dillon Wallace
  • This specimen was 12 inches high when we placed it in the Begonia bed the 22nd, of May.
  • Extract from : « The Mayflower, January, 1905 » by Various
  • They will hardly attempt to board us, after the specimen they have had of what we can do.
  • Extract from : « Homeward Bound » by James Fenimore Cooper

Synonyms for specimen

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