про́бовать — meaning in English

English meaning

• attempt verb To try to do something, especially something difficult, without guaranteed success.
• 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

про́бовать is used for these senses in English:

• attempt (archaic) To attack; to make an effort or attack upon; to try to take by force.
• 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.

attempt — full definition

1. verb To try to do something, especially something difficult, without guaranteed success.
2. noun An effort to do something, especially one that may fail.

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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