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probieren — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • assay noun A test that determines the composition or purity of a substance, or the potency of a drug or biological sample.
  • sample noun A small portion of something given or shown to represent the whole.
  • taste noun The sensation produced when food or drink is detected by the tongue, or the ability to perceive it.
  • try verb To make an attempt at doing something.

Senses

probieren is used for these senses in English:

  • assay (archaic, intransitive) To try, attempt (to do something). [14th–19th c.]
  • sample (transitive) To take or to test a sample or samples of.
  • taste (transitive) To sample the flavor of something orally.
  • try To prove by experiment; to apply a test to, for the purpose of determining the quality; to examine; to prove; to test.
  • try To settle; to decide; to determine; specifically, to decide by an appeal to arms.
  • try out (transitive) To test (something) to see how it works or whether it is suitable.

assay — full definition

  1. noun A test that determines the composition or purity of a substance, or the potency of a drug or biological sample.
  2. verb To carry out such a test on a substance, especially an ore or metal.

sample — full definition

  1. noun A small portion of something given or shown to represent the whole.
  2. noun A subset of a population studied in order to draw conclusions about the whole group.
  3. noun A short clip of one recording reused inside another piece of music.
  4. verb To try or test a small amount of something.
  5. verb To take a short recording from an existing piece of music and reuse it in a new one.

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