TubeTalk Pronunciation

How to pronounce “sample”

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Pronunciation guide for sample

Learning goal: Practice the English pronunciation of sample with real speech in context.
Available examples: 8 YouTube examples
Real speech example: To Mars and BackI'm going to talk a little bit about the Mars sample return
Definition summary: A part or snippet of something taken or presented for inspection, or shown as evidence of the quality of the whole; a specimen.

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To Mars and Back

I'm going to talk a little bit about the Mars sample return

[Noun]
A part or snippet of something taken or presented for inspection, or shown as evidence of the quality of the whole; a specimen.
(statistics) A subset or portion of a population that is systematically selected for measurement, observation, or questioning, with the objective of generating statistical information that accurately reflects the characteristics of the entire population.
(cooking) A small quantity of food for tasting, typically given away for free.
(business) A small piece of some goods, for determining quality, colour, etc., typically given away for free.
(music) Gratuitous borrowing of easily recognised phases (or moments) from other music (or movies) in a recording.
(obsolete) Example; pattern.
[Verb]
(transitive) To take or to test a sample or samples of.
(transitive, signal processing) To reduce a continuous signal (such as a sound wave) to a discrete signal.
(music, transitive) To reuse a portion of (an existing sound recording) in a new piece of music.
(transitive, computer graphics) To make or show something similar to a sample.