test
noun · verb
Simple meaning
A set of questions or tasks that checks what someone knows or can do.
Pronunciation
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tehstIPA pronunciation (US)
ˈtɛst
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Definition
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noun
A challenge, trial.
A cupel or cupelling hearth in which precious metals are melted for trial and refinement.
A session in which a product, piece of equipment, or system is examined under everyday or extreme conditions to evaluate its durability, etc.
academia
An examination, given often during the academic term.
Acronym of Treadmill Exercise Stress Test.
verb
To refine (gold, silver, etc.) in a test or cupel; to subject to cupellation.
To challenge, to put a strain on (something).
To put to the proof; to prove the truth, genuineness, or quality of by experiment, or by some principle or standard; to try.
To place a product or piece of equipment under everyday and/or extreme conditions and examine it for its durability, etc.
intransitivetransitiveslang
To challenge (someone) to a fight.
Put to the test, as for its quality, or give experimental use to
Word at a Glance
- Difficulty
- A1 · Beginner (estimated)
- Frequency
- Very Common
- Typical Use
- Everyday English
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- “He survived the great test of battle.”noun
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- “The teacher tests us every week.”verb
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The act of subjecting to experimental test in order to determine how well something works.
Someone who administers a test to determine your qualifications.
Word family
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A profession of belief.
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A representative legal action whose outcome is likely to become a precedent.
Glass tube closed at one end.
A baby conceived by fertilization that occurs outside the mother's body.
A region resembling a laboratory inasmuch as it offers opportunities for observation and practice and experimentation.
A room in which tests are conducted.
A ban on the testing of nuclear weapons that is mutually agreed to by countries that possess nuclear weapons.
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A potent androgenic hormone produced chiefly by the testes.
Of or involving the testes.
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Sense: to refine (gold or silver
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