Collocations for "sample"
Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "sample" in context.
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sample
ⓘMost examples are given in US English. We have labeled exceptions as UK.n
- take a [wide, small, large] sample (of)
- take a [urine, blood] sample
- the [urine] sample [tested, came back] positive (for)
- [try, send off for] a free sample
- a [representative, fair, free, random] sample
- [an mp3, a video, a song, a track, a page] sample
- a [two-minute, three-page] sample
- [use, record, play] music samples
- the [track, song, DJ] used a sample from
- features a sample from [the song, a track]
- click to [download, view, see] a sample (video)
- a sample of the [course, contents, book, report]
- [study, analyze, collate, gather, take] samples
- need a [larger, smaller] sample
- the sample was too [big, small] (to)
- [most, the majority, 40 percent] of the sample [readers, consumers]
- a sample of the [population, student body]
- sample [sizes, music, topics, packs, items, perfumes]
- with a sample size of (only) [100]
- sample the [food, drink]
- sample it for the [wedding, party]
- sample the [biopsy, liver, mole]
- sampled to [determine, decide, ensure, date, provide]
- sampled by [guests, doctors, experts, staff]
- sampled at [least, different, random]
- sample and [analyze, test, store]
- [would you like, you are invited] to sample
- sample a [beat, song, clip, track]
- the [DJ, producer, musician] sampled the [beat]
'sample' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
analysis
- average
- blood
- complimentary
- contain
- cuisine
- culture
- exhibit
- listing
- pattern
- perfume
- population
- portion
- preparation
- random
- repeat
- representative
- section
- stool
- tissue