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tasting noun [ ˈteɪstɪŋ ]

• a gathering at which people sample, compare, and evaluate different wines, or other drinks or food.
• "we did a tasting of over forty of the cheaper champagnes"

taste verb

• perceive or experience the flavour of.
• "she had never tasted ice cream before"
Similar: perceive, discern, make out, distinguish, differentiate,
• have experience of.
• "the team has not yet tasted victory at home"
Similar: experience, undergo, encounter, meet, come face to face with, come up against, know, have knowledge of, sample, try,
Origin: Middle English (also in the sense ‘touch’): from Old French tast (noun), taster (verb) ‘touch, try, taste’, perhaps based on a blend of Latin tangere ‘to touch’ and gustare ‘to taste’.

to taste

• according to personal liking.
• "add salt and pepper to taste"


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