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noun as in investigation, test

Strongest matches

analysis , attempt , enterprise , examination , exercise , experimentation , measure , observation , operation , practice , probe , procedure , research , search , study , trial , undertaking , venture

Strong matches

agreement , assay , check , dissection , essay , fling , proof , quiz , rehearsal , scrutiny , speculation , try , try-on , tryout , verification

Weak matches

dry run , R and D , research and development , trial and error , trial run

verb as in investigate, test

analyze , examine , explore

assay , diagnose , probe , prove , research , sample , scrutinize , search , speculate , study , try , venture , verify , weigh

fool with , futz around , mess around , play around with , practice with , put to the test , shake down , try on , try on for size , try out

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.

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Words related to experiment are not direct synonyms, but are associated with the word experiment . Browse related words to learn more about word associations.

noun as in critical test

  • conclusive test
  • crucial test
  • decisive test
  • definitive test
  • genuineness
  • proving ground
  • substantiation
  • test of value
  • verification

verb as in try, make effort

  • do level best
  • exert oneself
  • give a fling
  • give a whirl
  • give best shot
  • give it a go
  • give it a try
  • give old college try
  • go the limit
  • have a crack
  • have a go at
  • make a run at
  • shoot the works
  • take a stab at
  • take best shot
  • try one's hand at

noun as in try, effort

  • all one's got
  • one's all
  • one's darnedest
  • one's level best
  • undertaking

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  • Don't forget to try out the equipment before setting up the experiment.
  • In the second experiment they obtained a very clear result .
  • For the experiment to be valid , it is essential to record the data accurately .
  • The experiments were conducted by scientists in New York.
  • Our experiment worked better than we could have expected , and soon the baby was happy to sleep in her own bed .
  • as an experiment
  • background check
  • experimental
  • experimentally
  • experimentation
  • experimenter
  • put someone/something through their/its paces idiom
  • put something to the test idiom
  • reinspection
  • try something out
  • uncheckable
  • welfare check
  • The young film-makers were given free rein to experiment with new themes and techniques .
  • I like to experiment with different light filters on my camera .
  • For a while the poet experimented with the idea of chanting his poems to music .
  • The artist experimented with different pigments and mediums , often with disastrous results .
  • I'd be very nervous about letting a trainee hairdresser experiment with my hair .

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