Example (noun)
Something that is representative of all such things in a group.
Example (noun)
Something that serves to illustrate or explain a rule.
Example (noun)
Something that serves as a pattern of behaviour to be imitated (a good example) or not to be imitated (a bad example).
Example (noun)
A person punished as a warning to others.
Example (noun)
A parallel or closely similar case, especially when serving as a precedent or model.
Example (noun)
An instance (as a problem to be solved) serving to illustrate the rule or precept or to act as an exercise in the application of the rule.
Example (verb)
To be illustrated or exemplified (by).
Sample (noun)
A part or snippet of something taken or presented for inspection, or shown as evidence of the quality of the whole; a specimen
“a blood sample”
Sample (noun)
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, [http://galton.org/cgi-bin/searchImages/galton/search/essays/pages/galton-1883-rba-anthro-report-final_14.htm p. 269].”
Sample (noun)
A small quantity of food for tasting, typically given away for free.
Sample (noun)
A small piece of some goods, for determining quality, colour, etc., typically given away for free.
Sample (noun)
Gratuitous borrowing of easily recognised phases (or moments) from other music (or movies) in a recording.
Sample (noun)
Example; pattern.
Sample (verb)
To take or to test a sample or samples of
Sample (verb)
To reduce a continuous signal (such as a sound wave) to a discrete signal.
Sample (verb)
To reuse a portion of (an existing sound recording) in a new piece of music.
Sample (verb)
To make or show something similar to a sample.
Example (noun)
a thing characteristic of its kind or illustrating a general rule
“advertising provides a good example of an industry where dreams have faded”
Example (noun)
a written problem or exercise designed to illustrate a rule
“a workbook and a data set will enable the researcher to follow worked examples”
Example (noun)
a person or thing regarded in terms of their fitness to be imitated
“it is important that parents should set an example”
“he followed his brother’s example and deserted his family”
Example (verb)
be illustrated or exemplified
“the extent of Allied naval support is exampled by the navigational specialists provided”
Sample (noun)
a small part or quantity intended to show what the whole is like
“investigations involved analysing samples of handwriting”
Sample (noun)
a small amount of a food or other commodity, especially one given to a prospective customer
“a free sample of chewing gum”
“samples of products for evaluation”
Sample (noun)
a specimen taken for scientific testing or analysis
“a urine sample”
Sample (noun)
a portion drawn from a population, the study of which is intended to lead to statistical estimates of the attributes of the whole population
“a simple random sample of forty-five students”
“they shared these characteristics with other women in the sample”
Sample (noun)
a sound or piece of music created by sampling
“piano samples”
Sample (verb)
take a sample or samples of (something) for analysis
“bone marrow cells were sampled”
Sample (verb)
try the qualities of (food or drink) by tasting it
“it is a chance to sample probably the widest range of wines ever assembled”
Sample (verb)
get a representative experience of
“sample some entertaining nights out in Liverpool”
Sample (verb)
ascertain the momentary value of (an analogue signal) many times a second so as to convert the signal to digital form
“the input signal must be sampled at twice its highest frequency”
Sample (verb)
record or extract (a small piece of music or sound) digitally for reuse as part of a composition or song
“riffs sampled from other musicians”