experiment

/ɪkˈsperɪment/ verb [I]

Definition

TRY SOMETHING › to try something in order to discover what it is like: Did he ever experiment with drugs?

DO TESTS › to do an experiment: Experimenting on mice can give us an idea of the effect of the disease in humans.

experimentation

/ɪkˌsperɪmenˈteɪʃən/ noun [U]

(Definition of experiment verb from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

everything that exists or is possible

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