sample: Meaning and Definition of

sam•ple

1. a small part of anything or one of a number, intended to show the quality, style, or nature of the whole; specimen.
2. a subset of a population: to study a sample of the total population.
3. a sound of short duration, as a musical tone or a drumbeat, digitally stored in a synthesizer for playback.

1. serving as a specimen: a sample piece of cloth.

1. to take a sample or samples of; test or judge by a sample.