"experiment" meaning in English

See experiment in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ɪkˈsper.ɪ.mənt/ Audio: en-us-experiment.ogg [US] Forms: experiment [singular], experiments [plural]
Head templates: {{noun}} [POS TABLE]
  1. A test that is done to prove something, to see if a guess is valid, or to do something that has not been tried before.
    Sense id: simple-experiment-en-noun-HnNNlHGV

Verb

IPA: /ɪkˈsper.ɪ.mənt/ Audio: en-us-experiment.ogg [US] Forms: experiment [canonical], experiments [third-person, singular], experimented [past], experimented [past, participle], experimenting [present, participle]
Head templates: {{verb}} [POS TABLE]
  1. To do an experiment.
    Sense id: simple-experiment-en-verb-MWBURYvI Categories (other): Verbs
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