[{"word":"sample","phonetic":"/sæːm.pəl/","phonetics":[{"text":"/sæːm.pəl/","audio":""},{"text":"/ˈsɑːm.pəl/","audio":""},{"text":"/ˈsæm.pəl/","audio":""}],"meanings":[{"partOfSpeech":"noun","definitions":[{"definition":"A part or snippet of something taken or presented for inspection, or shown as evidence of the quality of the whole; a specimen.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"example":"a blood sample"},{"definition":"A subset of a population selected for measurement, observation or questioning, to provide statistical information about the population.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"A small quantity of food for tasting, typically given away for free.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"A small piece of some goods, for determining quality, colour, etc., typically given away for free.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"Gratuitous borrowing of easily recognised phases (or moments) from other music (or movies) in a recording.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"Example; pattern.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]}],"synonyms":["example","specimen"],"antonyms":[]},{"partOfSpeech":"verb","definitions":[{"definition":"To take or to test a sample or samples of.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"To reduce a continuous signal (such as a sound wave) to a discrete signal.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"To reuse a portion of (an existing sound recording) in a new piece of music.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"To make or show something similar to a sample.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]}],"synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]}],"license":{"name":"CC BY-SA 3.0","url":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0"},"sourceUrls":["https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/sample"]}]