Sample

Noun

 * 1) A part of anything taken or presented for inspection, or shown as evidence of the quality of the whole; a specimen; as, goods are often purchased by samples.
 * "I design this but for a sample of what I hope more fully to discuss." -Woodward.
 * 1)  A subset of a population selected for measurement, observation or questioning, to provide statistical information about the population.
 * "...it is possible it [the Anglo-Saxon race] might stand second to the Scandinavian countries [in average height] if a fair sample of their population were obtained." Francis Galton et al. (1883). Final Report of the Anthropometric Committee, Report of the British Association for the Advancement of Science, p. 269.
 * 1)  Gratuitous borrowing of easily recognised phases (or moments) from other music (or movies) in a recording, used to emphasize a particular point by implying a certain context.
 * 2)  Example; pattern.
 * "Thus he concludes, and every hardy knight His sample followed." -Fairfax.

Synonyms

 * specimen
 * example

Verb

 * 1)  To make or show something similar to; to match.
 * 2)  To take or to test a sample or samples of; as, to sample sugar, teas, wool, cloth.
 * 3)  To reduce a continuous signal (such as a sound wave) to a discrete signal.
 * 4)  To reuse a portion of (an existing sound recording) in a new song.

Adjectives for Sample
original; fair; random; disheartening; odd; pretty; splendid; generous.

Verbs for Sample
apply for—; collect—s; examine—; furnish —; judge by—; match—; obtain—; present with—; secure—; show—; survey—s; view —; witness—; —confirms; —illustrates; — represents; —serves.

Thesaurus
adjunct, assay, barometer, bite, bring to test, canvass, case, case history, characteristic, component, conduct a poll, confirm, constituent, contingent, cross section, cut and try, detachment, detail, distinctive, distinguishing, division, dole, element, essay, example, exemplary, experience, experiment, feeler, fraction, fragment, give a try, give a tryout, have a go, illustration, illustrative, indication, individual, installment, item, little bite, little smack, make a survey, natural, naturalistic, nibble, normal, parcel, part, particular, percentage, piece, pilot balloon, play around with, poll, portion, practice upon, probe, prove, put to trial, quadrant, quarter, questionnaire, quintessential, quota, random sample, realistic, regular, remainder, representation, representational, representative, research, road-test, run a sample, sampler, sampling, savor, section, sector, segment, shake down, share, sign, sip, smack, sound, sounder, specimen, straw vote, subdivision, subgroup, subspecies, substantiate, sup, survey, swatch, taste, taste of, taster, test, trial, trial balloon, true to form, true to type, try, try it on, try out, typal, typic, typical, unit, usual, validate, verify, weather vane, weathercock

Etymology
sample, asaumple, essample, example, from  exemplum.

Noun

 * Arabic:
 * Chinese: 樣品, 样品 (yàngpǐn)
 * Czech:
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto: prov-ekzemplero,
 * Finnish: näyte (1)
 * French:, extrait, exemple
 * German:, Muster
 * Hindi: नमूना
 * Hungarian:
 * Italian:


 * Japanese: 見本 (みほん, mihon)
 * Korean: 견본 (gyeonbon)
 * Norwegian: prøve (1), sample  (2), eksempel  (3)
 * Persian:
 * Portuguese: amostra
 * Romanian: mostră
 * Russian:
 * Scottish Gaelic:
 * Spanish: ,
 * Swedish: provbit

Verb

 * Czech:
 * Finnish: ottaa näyte
 * French:


 * Haitian Creole:
 * Norwegian: ta prøve av
 * Turkish: örneklem

Anagrams

 * maples