experiment

Pronunciation

• IPA ^(key): /ɪkˈsper.ɪ.mənt/
• SAMPA: /Ik"spEr.I.m@nt/

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• Hyphenation: ex‧pe‧ri‧ment

Noun

Singular experiment

Plural experiments

Experiment is on the Academic Vocabulary List.

1. (countable) 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.

   The experiment will prove that water boils at 100°C.

Verb

Plain form experiment

Third-person singular experiments

Past tense experimented

Past participle experimented

Present participle experimenting

1. (intransitive) To do an experiment.

Related words

• experimental