whakamātau

1. (verb) (-hia,-ria,-tia) to attempt, try, experiment, cause to know, teach, tempt, try out, trial.

Ka whakamātau anō au i ngā mea nunui (HP 1991:26). / I actually tried the large ones.

2. (verb) (-hia,-ria,-tia) to test, audition, examine - as in the examination of witness evidence.

Hei reira ka whai wā te rōia mō tērā taha me te rōia mō te tamaiti ki te uiui i te kaitono - hei tauira, kia mārama rawa ai tētahi kōrero āna, kia whakamātautia rānei tāna kōrero mehemea kei te tika, mehemea rānei ko te katoa o ngā kōrero (RT 2013:110). / At that point the lawyer for the other side and the lawyer for the child had an opportunity to question the applicant - e.g. to clarify something he said, or to examine his account to see if it is correct or it is the total story.

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Whakamātau

1. (location) Lake Coleridge (central South Island).

whakamatau

1. (modifier) towards the right.

(Te Kākano Textbook (Ed. 2): 112;)

Atu i te Whare Wānanga ka haere koe mā te huarahi o Hillcrest ki te huarahi tuatahi i tōu taha matau. I reira me huri whakamatau koe, ka heke i te auheke ki te huarahi tuarua i tōu taha matau. / From the University you go via Hillcrest Road to the first road on your right. There you should turn right and descend the incline to the second road on your right.

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whakamātau

1. (noun) experiment.

whakamātau whakatina

1. (noun) control experiment.

putanga whakamātau

1. (noun) experimental outcome.

tūponotanga whakamātau

1. (noun) experimental probability.

whakamātau tūponotanga

1. (noun) probability experiment.

He mahi te whakamātau tūponotanga hei āta tirotiro i te tūponotanga o ngā putanga e taea ana i roto i tētahi pūāhua tūponotanga. Hei tauira, kia tekau ngā pīrori mataono tau (TRP 2010:323). / A probability experiment is an activity to examine the probability of the possible outcomes in a probability situation. For example, throwing a dice ten times (TRP 2010:323).

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