to experiment
- verb
- /ɪkˈspɛrɪˌmɛnt/
- For her art project, she decided to experiment with different colors and techniques.
- experiment with ideas
- experiment with new ideas
- experiment with techniques
Just fun to kind of experiment with.
- Just fun to kind of experiment with.
- You can do almost anything, let go, experiment and then move on.
- You very often experiment and some of your experiments fail.
- It does not look heavy, which I have been experimenting with lighter makeup.
- And so we wanted Spot to have an arm to experiment with those problems.
- We weren't interested in experimenting in the bedroom.
- I experiment with, you know, whole food as well.
- And we ourselves, as as employees are also experimenting with what works for us.
- like investing in like private ledgers. And I don't know, like experimenting with Bitcoin or,
- I, I experiment with being a music major briefly.
- Yeah, I'm open to experimenting for sure.
- It's like new, new things to experiment with new things to.
Examples
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Until next time, learn, experiment, test and educate yourself.
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Try to free the imagination and experiment with gadgets and lights that are absolutely unusual.
Academic text (2008) -
Just fun to kind of experiment with.
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So I sort of just experiment with different feelings.
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Do you really have time to experiment and try new things?
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You can do almost anything, let go, experiment and then move on.
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Let go, experiment, and then move on.
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I'll look for something to experiment with.
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Right now, what I love is experimenting with music.
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Before leaving Phoenix, I had a chance to experiment with my inspirational music in the studio.
Fiction book (1999)
Synonyms
To study something carefully to learn more about it
To test something to see how it works
Try something for the first time to see if you like it
To test something to see how well it works
To try something for the first time to see if it works
To try something in a careful, experimental way
To do something new to see if you can do it
To try something to see if it works
Try something once to see if you like it or are good at it
Compounds
- Specialized
An experiment that keeps everything the same except one thing to compare results
- Specialized
An experiment where neither the participants nor the researchers know who is in which group
- Specialized
An experiment that looks for changes in the speed of light caused by Earth's motion and finds none
- Specialized
A small initial test to check if a research method is possible and how much time and money it needs
How Systematic
Surface Forms
Etymology
To experiment comes from the Latin word experiri meaning 'to try'. It means to try something new to see the result, so people experiment with food, work routines, or styles to learn what works best.