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intransitive verb

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Word History

Middle English, "testing, proof, remedy," borrowed from Anglo-French esperiment, borrowed from Latin experīmentum "testing, experience, proof," from experīrī "to put to the test, attempt, have experience of, undergo" + -mentum -ment — more at experience entry 1

verbal derivative of experiment entry 1

14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a

1787, in the meaning defined above

Phrases Containing experiment

• control experiment
• controlled experiment
• experiment station
• pre - experiment
• thought experiment

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From Middle English experiment , from Old French esperiment ( French expérience ), from Latin experimentum ( “ experience, attempt, experiment ” ) , from experior ( “ to experience, to attempt ” ) , itself from ex + *perior , in turn from Proto-Indo-European *per- .

Pronunciation

• ( UK ) IPA ( key ) : /ɪkˈspɛɹ.ɪ.mənt/ , /ɛkˈspɛɹ.ɪ.mənt/

• Hyphenation: ex‧per‧i‧ment

experiment ( plural experiments )

• 1837 , L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon ], “The Laboratory”, in Ethel Churchill: Or, The Two Brides.   [ … ] , volume II, London: Henry Colburn ,   [ … ] , →OCLC , page 327 : From her childhood she had been accustomed to watch, and often to aid, in her uncle's chemical experiments ; she was, therefore, not at a loss, as a complete novice in the science would have been.
• 1590 , Edmund Spenser , “Book II, Canto VI”, in The Faerie Queene.   [ … ] , London: [ … ] [ John Wolfe ] for William Ponsonbie , →OCLC : Pilot [...] Vpon his card and compas firmes his eye, The maisters of his long experiment , And to them does the steddy helme apply [...].

Derived terms

• blue bottle experiment
• control experiment
• double-slit experiment
• experimental
• factorial experiment
• forbidden experiment
• ganzfeld experiment
• gedanken experiment
• Hughes-Drever experiment
• Michelson-Morley experiment
• Milgram experiment
• noble experiment
• science experiment
• sexperiment
• Stern-Gerlach experiment
• thought experiment
• Valsalvian experiment
• Wizard of Oz experiment

Translations

experiment ( third-person singular simple present experiments , present participle experimenting , simple past and past participle experimented )

• 1951 October, “Models Assist Rolling Stock Design”, in Railway Magazine , page 647 : As well as demonstrating operating facilities, full-size car body models are used for experimenting with new types of interior finish, systems of lighting, positioning of route diagrams and advertisements, and the best form of windscreens at doorways, and the height and location of handgrips and handrails.
• 1978 August 19, David Brill, “California Here I Come!”, in Gay Community News , volume 6, number 5, page 10 : Bob is a shameless tourist: Coit Tower, Fisherman's Wharf, Twin Peaks, ad infinitum. I think walking the streets with a map in hand looks dumb; experimenting is much more fun.
• 1662 Thomas Salusbury, Galileo's Dialogue Concerning the Two Chief World Systems (Dialogue 2): The Earth, the which may have carried us about perpetually ... without our being ever able to experiment its rest.
• 1481 , The Mirrour of the World , William Caxton, 1.5.22 : Til they had experimented whiche was trewe, and who knewe most.
• experimenter

• John A. Simpson and Edmund S. C. Weiner , editors ( 1989 ), “experiment”, in The Oxford English Dictionary , 2nd edition, Oxford: Clarendon Press , →ISBN .

Borrowed from Latin experīmentum . First attested in 1460. [ 1 ]

• IPA ( key ) : ( Central ) [əks.pə.ɾiˈmen]
• IPA ( key ) : ( Balearic ) [əks.pə.ɾiˈment]
• IPA ( key ) : ( Valencia ) [eks.pe.ɾiˈment]

experiment   m ( plural experiments )

• experimentar
• ^ “ experiment ”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana , Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana , 2024

Further reading

• “experiment” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició , Institut d’Estudis Catalans .
• “experiment” in Diccionari normatiu valencià , Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua .
• “experiment” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear , Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Borrowed from Latin experīmentum .

• IPA ( key ) : [ˈɛkspɛrɪmɛnt]

experiment   m   inan

• experiment Synonym: pokus provést experiment ― to perform an experiment

Related terms

• experimentální
• experimentovat
• “ experiment ”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935-1957
• “ experiment ”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
• “ experiment ”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech)

From Middle Dutch experiment , from Old French experiment , from Latin experimentum .

• IPA ( key ) : /ˌɛks.peː.riˈmɛnt/

• Hyphenation: ex‧pe‧ri‧ment
• Rhymes: -ɛnt

experiment   n ( plural experimenten , diminutive experimentje   n )

• experiment Synonyms: proef , test
• experimentatie
• experimenteel
• experimenteren

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From Latin experīmentum .

experiment   m ( plural experiments )

Borrowed from Latin experimentum .

experiment   n ( plural experimente )

Borrowed from Latin experīmentum , attested from 1682. [ 1 ]

• IPA ( key ) : /ɛksp(ɛ)rɪˈmɛnt/

experiment   n

• experimentell
• ^ experiment in  Svensk ordbok .
• experiment in Svenska Akademiens ordlista ( SAOL )
• experiment in Svenska Akademiens ordbok ( SAOB )

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What does the noun experiment mean?

There are 13 meanings listed in OED's entry for the noun experiment , five of which are labelled obsolete. See ‘Meaning & use’ for definitions, usage, and quotation evidence.

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The earliest known use of the noun experiment is in the Middle English period (1150—1500).

OED's earliest evidence for experiment is from before 1382, in Bible (Wycliffite, early version) .

experiment is of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from French . Partly a borrowing from Latin .

Etymons: French experiment ; Latin experīmentum .

Nearby entries

• experiencing, adj. 1697–
• experiency, n. 1556
• experient, adj. & n. ?1440–
• experiential, adj. 1658–
• experientialism, n. 1865–
• experientialist, n. 1866–
• experientially, adv. 1647–
• experiential philosopher, n. 1866–
• experiential philosophy, n. 1848–
• experiently, adv. 1473–1849
• experiment, n. a1382–
• experiment, v. 1481–
• experimental, adj. & n. c1449–
• experimental archaeology, n. 1961–
• experimental farm, n. 1739–
• experimentalism, n. 1808–
• experimentalist, n. & adj. 1677–
• experimentalize, v. 1751–
• experimentalizer, n. 1831–
• experimentalizing, n. 1809–1929
• experimentally, adv. a1460–

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Definition of experiment noun from the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary

• formulate/advance a theory/hypothesis
• build/construct/create/develop a simple/theoretical/mathematical model
• develop/establish/provide/use a theoretical/conceptual framework/an algorithm
• advance/argue/develop the thesis that…
• explore an idea/a concept/a hypothesis
• make a prediction/an inference
• base a prediction/your calculations on something
• investigate/evaluate/accept/challenge/reject a theory/hypothesis/model
• design an experiment/a questionnaire/a study/a test
• do research/an experiment/an analysis
• make observations/calculations
• take/record measurements
• carry out/conduct/perform an experiment/a test/a longitudinal study/observations/clinical trials
• run an experiment/a simulation/clinical trials
• repeat an experiment/a test/an analysis
• replicate a study/the results/the findings
• observe/study/examine/investigate/assess a pattern/a process/a behavior
• fund/support the research/project/study
• seek/provide/get/secure funding for research
• collect/gather/extract data/information
• yield data/evidence/similar findings/the same results
• analyze/examine the data/soil samples/a specimen
• consider/compare/interpret the results/findings
• fit the data/model
• confirm/support/verify a prediction/a hypothesis/the results/the findings
• prove a conjecture/hypothesis/theorem
• draw/make/reach the same conclusions
• read/review the records/literature
• describe/report an experiment/a study
• present/publish/summarize the results/findings
• present/publish/read/review/cite a paper in a scientific journal

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• 2 a new activity, idea, or method that you try out to see what happens or what effect it has I've never cooked this before so it's an experiment. The system was installed four years ago as an experiment. experiment in something the country's brief experiment in democracy

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Synonyms: investigation , research Obsolete. experience . verb (used without object) to experiment with a new procedure. a test or investigation, esp one planned to provide evidence for or against a hypothesis: a scientific experiment the act of conducting such an investigation or test; experimentation; research a poetic experiment an obsolete word for experience intr to make an experiment or experiments / ĭk-spĕr ′ ə-mənt / A test or procedure carried out under controlled conditions to determine the validity of a hypothesis or make a discovery. See Note at hypothesis Derived Forms exˈperiˌmenter , noun Other Words From ex·peri·menter ex·peri·mentor ex·peri·men·tator noun preex·peri·ment noun proex·peri·ment adjective reex·peri·ment verb (used without object) noun unex·peri·mented adjective Word History and Origins Origin of experiment 1 Synonym Study Example sentences. IBM hopes that a platform like RoboRXN could dramatically speed up that process by predicting the recipes for compounds and automating experiments. The hope there is for improved sensitivity in searches for dark matter or experiments that might reveal some long-sought flaws in our standard model of particle physics. The experiment represents early progress toward the possible development of an ultra-secure communications network beamed from space. The new experiment represents, however, the first time scientists have applied machine learning to “validation,” a further step toward confirming results that involves additional statistical calculation. At first, the sites amounted to experiments on the outer edges of the crypto universe, but in 2020 they have started to attract real money. To put it rather uncharitably, the USPHS practiced a major dental experiment on a city full of unconsenting subjects. If the noble experiment of American democracy is to mean anything, it is fidelity to the principle of freedom. A classroom experiment seeks to demonstrate what it looks like. This video, courtesy of BuzzFeed, tries a bit of an experiment to get some answers. In the fall of 1992, Booker became a vegetarian “as an experiment,” he said, “and I was surprised by how much my body took to it.” With Bacon, experientia does not always mean observation; and may mean either experience or experiment. I made the experiment two years ago, and all my experience since has corroborated the conclusion then arrived at. But this is quite enough to justify the inconsiderable expense which the experiment I urge would involve. He commenced to experiment in electro-pneumatics in the year 1860, and early in 1861 communicated his discoveries to Mr. Barker. Readers will doubtless be familiar with the well-known experiment illustrating this point. Related Words examination experimentation observation undertaking Definition of 'experiment' It seems that your browser is blocking this video content. To access it, add this site to the exceptions or modify your security settings, then refresh this page. experiment in American English Experiment in british english, examples of 'experiment' in a sentence experiment, related word partners experiment, trends of experiment. View usage over: Since Exist Last 10 years Last 50 years Last 100 years Last 300 years Browse alphabetically experiment experientialism experientialist experientially experiment fails experiment involves experiment proves All ENGLISH words that begin with 'E' Related terms of experiment bold experiment experiment uses fun experiment lab experiment pre-experiment View more related words Wordle Helper Scrabble Tools Quick word challenge Quiz Review Score: 0 / 5 Access the entire site, including the Easy Learning Grammar , and our language quizzes. 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If you want to describe the work done in conducting such a test, experiment will do the trick as well, since it can also act as a verb, as in "scientists experiment with helium." You can also use it more generally to describe trying a new method or idea. For example, you could experiment with a new hairstyle or different routes to get to school or work. noun the act of conducting a controlled test or investigation synonyms: experimentation see more see less types: show 4 types... hide 4 types... testing the act of subjecting to experimental test in order to determine how well something works trial and error experimenting until a solution is found Michelson-Morley experiment a celebrated experiment conducted by Albert Michelson and Edward Morley; their failure to detect any influence of the earth's motion on the velocity of light was the starting point for Einstein's theory of relativity control experiment an experiment designed to control for variables affecting the results of another experiment type of: research project , scientific research research into questions posed by scientific theories and hypotheses noun the testing of an idea “it was an experiment in living” synonyms: experimentation see more see less types: show 7 types... hide 7 types... pilot experiment a preliminary experiment whose outcome can lead to a more extensive experiment test , trial , trial run , tryout trying something to find out about it field test , field trial a test of the performance of some new product under the conditions in which it will be used alpha test (computer science) a first test of an experimental product (such as computer software) carried out by the developer beta test (computer science) a second test of an experimental product (such as computer software) carried out by an outside organization road test a test to insure that a vehicle is roadworthy trial balloon a test of public opinion type of: enquiry , inquiry , research a search for knowledge noun a venture at something new or different “as an experiment he decided to grow a beard” see more see less type of: venture any venturesome undertaking especially one with an uncertain outcome verb conduct a test or investigation “We are experimenting with the new drug in order to fight this disease” synonyms: try out try something new, as in order to gain experience see more see less type of: investigate , look into investigate scientifically verb try something new, as in order to gain experience “The composer experimented with a new style” synonyms: try out Vocabulary lists containing experiment How can you perform well on the reading section of the SAT if you don’t fully understand the language being used in the directions and in the questions? 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Cambridge Dictionary +Plus Definition of experiment – Learner’s Dictionary Your browser doesn't support HTML5 audio scientific experiments inhumane experiments on monkeys The table below shows the results of the experiment. Parallel experiments are being conducted in both countries . There is a growing debate on medical experiments. experiment verb [I] ( TRY SOMETHING ) Experiment verb [i] ( do tests ). experimentation (Definition of experiment from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press) Translations of experiment Get a quick, free translation! 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Add experiment to one of your lists below, or create a new one. {{message}} Something went wrong. There was a problem sending your report. 416 IMAGES EXPERIMENT Pronunciation of Experiment experiment How To Pronounce Experiment In English How to Say or Pronounce Experiment How to pronounce EXPERIMENT in British English VIDEO -ed Pronunciation: simple past regular verb pronunciation (updated) How to pronounce rebel (verb) Past Tense Regular Verb experiment How to pronounce focus (verb) How to pronounce EXPERIMENT in American English COMMENTS EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT pronunciation. How to say EXPERIMENT. Listen to the audio pronunciation in English. Learn more. How to pronounce experiment (verb) Learn how to pronounce "experiment" in British English and American English. Hear the pronunciation of the word on its own and in example sentences. Look up ... Experiment Definition & Meaning The meaning of EXPERIMENT is test, trial. How to use experiment in a sentence. experiment verb Definition of experiment verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more. EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT definition: 1. a test done in order to learn something or to discover if something works or is true: 2. to try…. Learn more. How to pronounce EXPERIMENT in English British English pronunciation. American English: ɪkspɛrɪmənt (noun), ɪkspɛrɪmɛnt (verb) British English: ɪksperɪmənt (noun), ɪksperɪment (verb) Word forms plural experiments, 3rd person singular present tense experiments, present participle experimenting, past tense, past participle experimented. Example sentences including ... experiment verb The earliest known use of the verb experiment is in the Middle English period (1150—1500). OED's earliest evidence for experiment is from 1481, in a translation by William Caxton, printer, ... pronunciation, etymology, headwords, variant spellings, quotations, and dates; experiment experiment (plural experiments) 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. conduct an experiment. carry out some experiments. EXPERIMENT Learn how to pronounce "EXPERIMENT" perfectly with the help of audio samples and videos. TRANSLATOR. LANGUAGE. GAMES. SCHOOLS. BLOG. RESOURCES. ... Pronunciation of 'experiment' British English pronunciation . ... (verb) Word forms plural experiments, 3rd person singular present tense experiments, present participle experimenting, past tense ... EXPERIMENT definition and meaning experiment in British English. noun (ɪkˈspɛrɪmənt ) 1. a test or investigation, esp one planned to provide evidence for or against a hypothesis: a scientific experiment. 2. the act of conducting such an investigation or test; experimentation; research. 3. an attempt at something new or different; an effort to be original. a poetic experiment. How to pronounce experiment Pronunciation of experiment with 5 audio pronunciations, 17 synonyms, 9 meanings, 13 translations, 13 sentences and more for experiment. ... noun ik-sper-uh-muhnt; verb ek-sper-uh-ment 0 rating rating ratings . Americo Wunsch . ex-per-i-ment -1 rating rating ratings ... How to pronounce EXPERIMENT in English How to pronounce EXPERIMENT. How to say EXPERIMENT. Listen to the audio pronunciation in the Cambridge English Dictionary. Learn more. experiment noun in an experiment The 30 subjects in each experiment were divided into two groups. during an experiment The temperature was kept constant during the experiment. experiment on somebody/something Many people do not like the idea of experiments on animals. experiment with somebody/something The experiment with cells from other species was unsuccessful. How to Pronounce experiment in American English and British ... Learn how to say experiment with HowToPronounce Free Pronunciation Tutorials.Definition and meaning can be found here: https://www.google.com/search?q=define... EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT meaning: 1. a test done in order to learn something or to discover if something works or is true: 2. to try…. Learn more. experiment, n. meanings, etymology and more further revisions to definitions, pronunciation, etymology, headwords, variant spellings, quotations, and dates; new senses, phrases, and quotations. Revisions and additions of this kind were last incorporated into experiment, n. in June 2024. experiment noun 1 a scientific test that is done in order to study what happens and to gain new knowledge to do/perform/conduct an experiment proved by experiment laboratory experiments Many people do not like the idea of experiments on animals. The results of the experiment were inconclusive. Facts can be established by observation and experiment. Topic Collocations Scientific Research theory experiment experiment - WordReference English dictionary, questions, discussion and forums. All Free. ... -ˌmɛnt/ USA pronunciation n. a test, trial, ... <experiment> as a verb Experiment data vs. Experimental data experiment in which mice <are / have been> conditioned EXPERIMENT Definition & Meaning Experiment definition: a test, trial, or tentative procedure; an act or operation for the purpose of discovering something unknown or of testing a principle, supposition, etc.. See examples of EXPERIMENT used in a sentence. Meaning of experiment EXPERIMENT definition: 1. a test, especially a scientific one, that you do in order to learn something or discover if…. Learn more. EXPERIMENT definition in American English experiment in British English. noun (ɪkˈspɛrɪmənt ) 1. a test or investigation, esp one planned to provide evidence for or against a hypothesis: a scientific experiment. 2. the act of conducting such an investigation or test; experimentation; research. 3. an attempt at something new or different; an effort to be original. Experiment If you see your science-loving neighbor headed home with a power cord, a handful of test tubes, a stopwatch, and a bag of potatoes, there's probably no need to be alarmed. There's a good chance he's only conducting an experiment, a scientific test conducted under controlled conditions. 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