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Definition of Test

1. Noun. Trying something to find out about it. "A trial of progesterone failed to relieve the pain"

2. Verb. Put to the test, as for its quality, or give experimental use to. "Test this recipe"

3. 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"

4. Verb. Test or examine for the presence of disease or infection. "Screen the blood for the HIV virus"

5. 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"

6. Verb. Examine someone's knowledge of something. "We got quizzed on French irregular verbs"

7. Noun. The act of undergoing testing. "Candidates must compete in a trial of skill"

8. Verb. Show a certain characteristic when tested. "He tested positive for HIV"

9. Noun. The act of testing something. "He called each flip of the coin a new trial"

10. 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"

11. Noun. A hard outer covering as of some amoebas and sea urchins.

12. Verb. Determine the presence or properties of (a substance).

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)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Test

tessellating tessellation tessellations tessera tesseract tesseracts tesseradecade tesseradecades tesserae tesseraic

tesseral tessitura tessituras tessiture tessular test (current term) test-cross test-drive test-fly test-paper

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