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# experiment

«experiment» in Mova's school dictionary: **A test done carefully to find out something, check an…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (an experiment, experiments); verb (experiment, experiments, experimented, experimenting)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A test done carefully to find out something, check an idea, or see what happens. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/experiment/#m1)

2) To try new things or ideas to see what they are like (experiment with colours). [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/experiment/#m2)

3) A new way of doing something that is being tried out. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/experiment/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

In science it is the heart of learning: a fair test changes one thing (the variable) and keeps everything else the same; you predict, test, measure, record results and draw a conclusion. In art and cooking you experiment with materials and recipes. In safety: experiments are done only with a teacher or adult, wearing goggles if needed — never mix household chemicals to «experiment». Phrases: do an experiment, carry out an experiment, a fair test, experiment with, science experiment.

### examples

- We did an experiment to see which ball bounces highest. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/experiment/#x1)
- In a fair experiment, you only change one thing. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/experiment/#x2)
- Write down your prediction before the experiment. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/experiment/#x3)
- She experimented with different colours in her painting. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/experiment/#x4)
- Never mix cleaning products as an experiment — it can make poison gas. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/experiment/#x5)
- The experiment showed that plants grow towards the light. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/experiment/#x6)
- Let's experiment with the recipe and add some cinnamon. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/experiment/#x7)
- He split the second bulrush as an experiment and just the same thing happened. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/experiment/#x8)

### note

Say «do / carry out an experiment» (not «make an experiment» in usual English). Adjective: experimental. Results of one experiment may be wrong; scientists repeat experiments to be sure.

### In the corpora

- [You are one small part of an experiment in making AI that is clear and honest.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/ai/30-who-you-are-what-you-will-do/7/)
- [Tests, examples and the people running the experiment check your work, and that is good: being checked keeps you honest.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/ai/30-who-you-are-what-you-will-do/9/)
- [Tests, examples and the people running the experiment check your work, and being checked keeps you honest.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/ai/30-who-you-are-what-you-will-do/15/)
- [You are part of an experiment in making AI that is small, clear and honest, not the answer to everything.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/ai/30-who-you-are-what-you-will-do/16/)
- [The idea that goldfish remember things for only 3 seconds is a myth: experiments show they remember feeding times and tricks for months.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/1-what-a-habitat-is/9/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «experiment» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/experiment/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.