Words / B1

ik-SPER-im-uh-nt/ɪkˈsperɪmənt/

An experiment is a scientific test to learn something or check an idea: carry out / do / perform an experiment; a laboratory experiment. A test can be broader (a blood test); a trial is often medical or legal. Experiment can be a verb: experiment with a new method. Experimental is the adjective. By experiment means by trying, not only in a lab.

Meaning

A scientific test done in order to learn something or to check an idea.

Examples

• “The students did an experiment in the science lab.”
• “The experiment showed that the theory was wrong.”
• “Students must write up the experiment in their books.”

Good to know

carry out / do an experiment. Verb: experiment with. Broader: test. Medical / legal: trial. Adjective: experimental.

Near in meaning

test

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