experiment

experiment is a 10-letter English word with 9 senses as noun, transitive verb, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: Atrial or special observation, made to confirm or disprove something doubtful; esp., one under conditions determined by the experimenter; an act or operation undertaken in order to discover some unknown principle or effect, or to test, establish, or illustrate some suggest or known truth; practical test; poof. Face value is 21 in Scrabble and 24 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

10 letters · Scrabble 21 · Words With Friends 24 · 9 senses

Definitions

1. noun. Atrial or special observation, made to confirm or disprove something doubtful; esp., one under conditions determined by the experimenter; an act or operation undertaken in order to discover some unknown principle or effect, or to test, establish, or illustrate some suggest or known truth; practical test; poof.
2. noun. Experience.
3. transitive verb. To make experiment; to operate by test or trial; -- often with on, upon, or in, referring to the subject of an experiment; with, referring to the instrument; and by, referring to the means; as, to experiment upon electricity; he experimented in plowing with ponies, or by steam power.
4. transitive verb. To try; to know, perceive, or prove, by trial experience.
5. noun. the act of conducting a controlled test or investigation

   Synonyms: experimentation

6. noun. a venture at something new or different

   "as an experiment he decided to grow a beard"

7. noun. the testing of an idea

   "it was an experiment in living"

   "not all experimentation is done in laboratories"

   Synonyms: experimentation

8. verb. to conduct a test or investigation

   "We are experimenting with the new drug in order to fight this disease"

9. verb. try something new, as in order to gain experience

   "Students experiment sexually"

   "The composer experimented with a new style"

Synonyms

experimentation

Common word forms

experiments, experimental, experimented, experimenter, experimently, experimenting, experimentize

Words from these letters

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