experiment

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: B1 — Intermediate

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Definition

  1. noun the act of conducting a controlled test or investigation
  2. noun the testing of an idea
  3. noun a venture at something new or different

Etymology

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-.

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Synonyms

experimentation

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