experiment
US /ɪkˈspɛrəmənt/
・UK /ɪk'sperɪmənt/
A2
noun
- Test performed to assess new ideas or theories
- A scientific procedure undertaken to make a discovery, test a hypothesis, or demonstrate a known fact.
verb
- To create and perform tests to research something
- To try something new that you haven't tried before
other
- To perform a scientific procedure, especially in a laboratory, to test a hypothesis or discover something new.
- To try out new ideas or methods.
other
- To try out a new activity or method.
- To perform a scientific procedure, especially in a laboratory, to determine something.
Examples
The team carried out experiments on cancer tissue.
We have experimented with various different designs of kite.