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🧩 An original example 🧩 To make a sample
to prototype

to prototype

1 4.2
To make an early model of something to test it
  • verb
  • /ˈproʊtəˌtaɪp/
translation icon : hacer un prototipo
  • Product 3 LLC, the team behind the creation, is attempting to collect $150,000 in funding to prototype and build what they say is the world's first open-source controller.
  • prototype quickly
  • design and prototype
  • prototype and test

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Examples

  • The initial founding team helped prototype the concept and get an initial product into the market.

    Blog text (2)

  • Whatever the kids are thinking and tinkering with, the I-Lab is where they prototype their ideas.

    Academic text (2015)

  • The most important thing you could do is build a prototype and get to market.

  • Someone needs to design and prototype each Apple device.

    Blog text (20)

  • "3D printing allows you to prototype rapidly and iterate quickly, so it really levels the playing field in terms of design," Keating said.

    Blog text (12)

  • WIRE talk with Will Jackson, founder and CEO of Engineered Arts, to understand how they design, prototype and test their humanoid robots.

  • With the latest technology, she can prototype her innovative design quickly and efficiently.

  • The team worked late to prototype their new software application before the deadline.

  • Using advanced tools, they aimed to prototype a new version of the product for user testing.

Synonyms

to dummy
vsto prototype
  • Jargon
3 7.6

To make a simple model or layout to show how something will look

is used broadly for early product models beyond publishing contexts
to mock up
vsto prototype
  • Specialized
2 5.4

To make a simple model of something to test or show it

is the general process for early product testing and development

How Developed

to manufacture
162 3.3
to prototype
1 4.2
to mock up
  • Specialized
2 5.4
to sketch
45 3.0

Surface Forms

prototype infinitive
prototyped past
prototyped past participle
prototyping present participle
prototypes third person singular

Etymology

Prototype comes from the same Greek parts proto- 'first' and type 'model', so to prototype something is to make a 'first model' to test and improve before making the final version.