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Definition of Test
1. Verb. Put to the test, as for its quality, or give experimental use to. "Test this recipe"
Generic synonyms: Evaluate, Judge, Pass Judgment
Specialized synonyms: Control, Verify, Float, Field-test
Derivative terms: Examination, Examination, Examination, Examiner, Testing, Trial, Trier, Tryout
2. Noun. Trying something to find out about it. "A trial of progesterone failed to relieve the pain"
Generic synonyms: Experiment, Experimentation
Specialized synonyms: Field Test, Field Trial, Alpha Test, Beta Test, Road Test, Trial Balloon
Derivative terms: Try, Try Out, Try Out
3. Verb. Test or examine for the presence of disease or infection. "Screen the blood for the HIV virus"
4. Noun. Any standardized procedure for measuring sensitivity or memory or intelligence or aptitude or personality etc. "The test was standardized on a large sample of students"
Generic synonyms: Mental Measurement
Specialized synonyms: Intelligence Test, Iq Test, Personality Test, Sub-test
5. Verb. Examine someone's knowledge of something. "We got quizzed on French irregular verbs"
Generic synonyms: Examine
Derivative terms: Quiz, Quizzer, Testee, Tester, Testing
6. Noun. A set of questions or exercises evaluating skill or knowledge. "When the test was stolen the professor had to make a new set of questions"
Generic synonyms: Communicating, Communication
Specialized synonyms: Bar Exam, Bar Examination, Comp, Comprehensive, Comprehensive Examination, Entrance Exam, Entrance Examination, Final, Final Exam, Final Examination, Litmus Test, Midterm, Midterm Exam, Midterm Examination, Oral, Oral Exam, Oral Examination, Viva, Viva Voce, Prelim, Preliminary Exam, Preliminary Examination, Quiz, Exam Paper, Examination Paper, Question Sheet, Test Paper, Tripos
Derivative terms: Examine, Examine, Examine
7. Verb. Show a certain characteristic when tested. "He tested positive for HIV"
8. Noun. The act of undergoing testing. "Candidates must compete in a trial of skill"
Generic synonyms: Attempt, Effort, Endeavor, Endeavour, Try
Derivative terms: Try
9. Verb. Achieve a certain score or rating on a test. "She tested high on the LSAT and was admitted to all the good law schools"
10. Noun. The act of testing something. "He called each flip of the coin a new trial"
Generic synonyms: Attempt, Effort, Endeavor, Endeavour, Try
Specialized synonyms: Assay, Clinical Test, Clinical Trial, Double Blind, Preclinical Phase, Preclinical Test, Preclinical Trial, Audition, Tryout, Field Trial, Fitting, Try-on, Trying On, Ministry Of Transportation Test, Mot, Mot Test, Pilot Program, Pilot Project, Snellen Test
Derivative terms: Run
11. Verb. Determine the presence or properties of (a substance).
12. Noun. A hard outer covering as of some amoebas and sea urchins.
13. Verb. Undergo a test. "She doesn't test well"
Definition of Test
1. n. A cupel or cupelling hearth in which precious metals are melted for trial and refinement.
2. v. t. To refine, as gold or silver, in a test, or cupel; to subject to cupellation.
3. n. A witness.
4. v. i. To make a testament, or will.
5. n. The external hard or firm covering of many invertebrate animals.
Definition of Test
1. Noun. (cricket) (sometimes test) a Test match ¹
2. Noun. A challenge. ¹
3. Noun. (context: academia) An examination, given often during the academic term. ¹
4. Noun. A session in which a product or piece of equipment is examined under everyday or extreme conditions to evaluate its durability, etc. ¹
5. Noun. (cricket normally “Test”) A Test match. ¹
6. Noun. (marine biology) The external calciferous shell, or endoskeleton, of an echinoderm, e.g. sand dollars and sea urchins.Two sea urchin tests ¹
7. Verb. To challenge. ¹
8. Verb. (context: Academics) To administer or assign an examination that is given often during the academic term. ¹
9. Verb. To place a product or piece of equipment under everyday and/or extreme conditions and examine it for its durability, etc. ¹
10. Verb. (context: copulative) To be shown to be by test. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Test
1. to subject to an examination [v -ED, -ING, -S] : TESTABLE [adj]
Medical Definition of Test
1. 1. A significant chemical reaction. 2. A reagent. For specific test. This entry appears with permission from the Dictionary of Cell and Molecular Biology (11 Mar 2008)