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tástáil — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • experiment noun A controlled test carried out to check a hypothesis or discover something new.
  • 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.
  • test noun A set of questions or tasks used to check someone's knowledge or ability.
  • trial noun A formal examination of evidence in court to decide whether someone is guilty of a crime or liable in a dispute.
  • try verb To make an attempt at doing something.

Senses

tástáil is used for these senses in English:

  • experiment A test under controlled conditions made to either demonstrate a known truth, examine the validity of a hypothesis, or determine the efficacy or likelihood of something previously untried.
  • taste (figuratively) A small amount of experience with something that gives a sense of its quality as a whole.
  • taste (transitive) To sample the flavor of something orally.
  • test To place a product or piece of equipment under everyday and/or extreme conditions and examine it for its durability, etc.
  • try To prove by experiment; to apply a test to, for the purpose of determining the quality; to examine; to prove; to test.

experiment — full definition

  1. noun A controlled test carried out to check a hypothesis or discover something new.
  2. verb To try something out, often to test an idea or see what happens.

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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