sample

Definition

Examples

The supplier sent us a free sample of the new fabric.

Word Family

Synonyms

• specimenan example regarded as typical of its class
• prototypea standard or typical example
• examplean item of information that is typical of a class or group

Collocations

• Easy taste a food sample
  to taste a food sample, meaning to have flavor; taste of something
• Medium distribute free product samples to visitors
  to distribute free product samples to visitors, meaning to administer or bestow, as in small portions
• Hard analyze representative blood samples under laboratory conditions
  to analyze representative blood samples under laboratory conditions, meaning to consider in detail and subject to an analysis in order to discover essential features or meaning
• Very Hard a statistically sound random sample population
  referring to a statistically sound random sample population