sampling

Other forms of sampling

plural

samplings·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about sampling

What does sampling mean?

sampling means "(statistics) the selection of a suitable sample for study". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in sampling?

sampling has 2 syllables: sam-pling. The stress falls on "sam". In IPA it is /ˈsæmplɪŋ/.

What is another word for sampling?

Close synonyms include sample distribution, sample. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is sampling a common word?

sampling is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.