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experiment

ik-SPER-uh-muhnt/ɪkˈspɛɹ.ə.mənt/UKik-SPER-i-muhnt/ɪkˈspɛɹ.ɪ.mənt/
As a verbik-SPER-uh-ment

Pluralexperiments

Verbexperiments, experimenting, experimented

5 meanings of experiment

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  1. 1
    nouncountable
    A careful test done to find out if an idea is true or to see what happens.

    Like trying out a new recipe to see if it tastes good.

    The class did an experiment to see how plants grow in the dark.

    Her experiment showed that ice melts faster in salt water.

    Similartest, trial, study

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  2. 2
    verbintransitive
    To do a test in order to find out something or to see what happens.

    Like trying different keys until one opens the lock.

    Scientists experiment to learn how diseases spread from person to person.

    We experimented with different ways to keep the room warm.

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  3. 3
    nounobsolete
    Knowledge or skill that someone gains from doing something many times.
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Less common meanings

  1. 4
    verbobsoletetransitive
    To test something by trying it out to see whether it works.
    Til they had experimented whiche was trewe, and who knewe most.
    1481, The Mirrour of the World, William CaxtonHere, experimented means tested by trying it out.
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  2. 5
    verbobsoletetransitive
    To feel or notice something happening to you.

    Like feeling the first drops of rain before a storm.

    Travelers in the mountains experiment a strange cold that creeps into the bones.

    The Earth, the which may have carried us about perpetually ... without our being ever able to experiment its rest.
    1662, Galileo's Dialogue Concerning the Two Chief World Systems (Dialogue 2)Here, experiment means to feel or notice something.
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Origin

It comes from Latin experimentum, meaning experience or attempt, from experior, meaning to experience or try.