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🧩 An original example 🧩 To make a sample
to prototype

to prototype

6 4.2
To make an early model of something to test it
  • verb
  • /ˈproʊtəˌtaɪp/
: 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 mock up
vsto prototype
  • Specialized
17 5.4

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

is the general process for early product testing and development
to dummy
vsto prototype
  • Jargon
2 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

How Developed

to manufacture
173 3.3
to prototype
6 4.2
to mock up
  • Specialized
17 5.4
to sketch
66 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.