- experiment
- {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} nounADJECTIVE▪ animal▪
a few hippies protesting against animal experiments
▪ field, laboratory▪ educational, medical, psychological, scientific▪ practical▪ simple▪ brief▪ further▪Further experiments will be carried out to verify this result.
▪ careful, control (science), controlled▪ independent (science)▪ successful▪ failed, unsuccessful▪the USSR's failed experiment in social planning
▪ pilot, preliminary▪ early, pioneering▪ classic, classical, famous, well-known▪Pavlov's famous experiment with the dog and the dinner bell
▪ unique▪Brazil's unique experiment with alcohol-powered cars
▪ bold▪the country's bold experiment with economic reform
▪ interesting▪ ingeniousVERB + EXPERIMENT▪ carry out, conduct, do, perform, run▪ try▪The school decided to try an experiment in single-sex teaching.
▪ repeat▪ design▪ set up▪ describe, report▪a classic experiment reported in 1964
EXPERIMENT + VERB▪ confirm sth, demonstrate sth, find sth, illustrate sth, prove sth, reveal sth, show sth, support sth▪ indicate sth, suggest sth▪ be aimed at sth, be designed to do sth▪an experiment aimed at cutting road deaths resulting from excessive speeding
▪ involve sth, use sth▪ be successful, work▪If the conditions are not right, the experiment will not work.
▪ failPREPOSITION▪ by experiment▪The appropriate concentration of the drug is best determined by experiment.
▪ during an/the experiment▪The animals seemed healthy during the experiment.
▪ in an/the experiment▪In these experiments, chilling is necessary.
▪ experiment in▪the country's brief experiment in multiparty democracy
▪ experiment on▪The team carried out experiments on cancer tissue.
▪ experiment with▪{{Roman}}II.{{/Roman}}an experiment with zinc chips and hydrochloric acid
verbADVERB▪ successfully▪ freely▪The students freely experimented with paints.
▪ sexuallyVERB + EXPERIMENT▪ begin to▪ continue toPREPOSITION▪ on▪They experimented successfully on the plants to discover disease-resistant varieties.
▪ with▪We have experimented with various different designs of kite.
Collocations dictionary. 2013.
