{
    "term": "sample",
    "partOfSpeech": "noun",
    "ox3000": true,
    "cefr": "b1",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "a number of people or things taken from a larger group and used in tests to provide information about the group",
            "cefr": "b1",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "The interviews were given to a **random sample** of students."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The survey covers a **representative sample** of schools."
                },
                {
                    "text": "a sample survey"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The current study has a larger **sample size** than earlier studies."
                },
                {
                    "text": "We studied a large population sample."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Our sample comprised 250 catering workers."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The research was based on samples from 29 populations."
                },
                {
                    "text": "a random sample drawn from men aged 35–40"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The results are based on a sample of 100 people drawn from different areas and social classes."
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["large", "small", "total"],
                "verb + sample": ["draw", "select"],
                "sample + verb": ["comprise something", "consist of something"],
                "sample + noun": ["size", "survey", "group"],
                "preposition": ["sample from", "sample of"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "a small amount of a substance taken from a larger amount and tested in order to obtain information about the substance",
            "sensetop": "sample of something",
            "cefr": "b2",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "a **blood/urine/tissue/DNA sample**"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Samples of the water contained pesticide.",
                    "contextForm": "sample of something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "A small sample of blood must be tested by a doctor."
                },
                {
                    "text": "to **collect/obtain/take a sample**"
                },
                {
                    "text": "We analyzed samples from more than a dozen common tree species."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Her sample contained traces of the banned steroid."
                },
                {
                    "text": "All the athletes had to provide a urine sample."
                },
                {
                    "text": "samples of tissue"
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Healthcare"],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["blood", "faecal/​fecal", "serum"],
                "verb + sample": ["collect", "obtain", "take"],
                "sample + verb": ["contain", "show"],
                "preposition": ["sample of"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 3,
            "definition": "a small amount or example of something that can be looked at or tried to see what it is like",
            "cefr": "b2",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "‘I'd like to see a sample of your work,’ said the manager."
                },
                {
                    "text": "a **free sample** of shampoo"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Would you like a sample of the fabric to take home?"
                },
                {
                    "text": "We looked at sample books to choose the fabric."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Shopping", "Scientific research"],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["free"],
                "sample + noun": ["book"],
                "preposition": ["sample of"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 4,
            "definition": "a piece of recorded music or sound that is used in a new piece of music",
            "labels": "(specialist)",
            "cefr": "c2",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "‘Candy’ includes a swirling sample from a Walker Brothers song."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Music"]
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈsɑːmpl/",
                "audio": "sa/sample/sample__gb_3.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈsæmpl/",
                "audio": "sa/sample/sample__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "Middle English (as a noun): from an Anglo-Norman French variant of Old French essample ‘example’. Current senses of the verb date from the mid 18th cent."
}