test
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(verb) undergo a test; "She doesn't test well" |
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Related Words: submit, take, undergo |
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(noun) the act of testing something; "in the experimental trials the amount of carbon was measured separately"; "he called each flip of the coin a new trial" |
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Synonyms: run, trial |
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Related Words: attempt, audition, effort, endeavor, endeavour, fitting, pilot program, pilot project, try, try-on, trying on, tryout |
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(noun) the act of undergoing testing; "he survived the great test of battle"; "candidates must compete in a trial of skill" |
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Synonyms: trial |
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Related Words: attempt, effort, endeavor, endeavour, try |
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(verb) determine the presence or properties of (a substance) |
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Related Words: ascertain, check, determine, find out, learn, see, watch |
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(noun) any standardized procedure for measuring sensitivity or memory or intelligence or aptitude etc; "the test was standardized on a large sample of students" |
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Synonyms: mental test, mental testing, psychometric test |
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Related Words: IQ test, intelligence test, mental measurement, sub-test |
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(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" |
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Related Words: score |
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(noun) a hard outer covering as of some amoebas and sea urchins |
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Related Words: cover, covering, natural covering |
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(verb) put to the test, as for its quality, or give experimental use to; "This approach has been tried with good results"; "Test this recipe" |
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Synonyms: essay, examine, prove, try, try out |
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Related Words: control, field-test, judge, verify |
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(verb) show a certain characteristic when tested; "He tested positive for HIV" |
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Related Words: be |
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(verb) examine someone's knowledge of something; "The teacher tests us every week"; "We got quizzed on French irregular verbs" |
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Synonyms: quiz |
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Related Words: examine |
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(verb) test or examine for the presence of disease or infection; "screen the blood for the HIV virus" |
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Synonyms: screen |
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Related Words: check |
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(noun) trying something to find out about it; "a sample for ten days free trial"; "a trial of progesterone failed to relieve the pain" |
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Synonyms: trial, tryout |
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Related Words: alpha test, beta test, experiment, experimentation, field trial, road test, trial balloon |
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(noun) an appraisal of the state of affairs; "they made an assay of the contents"; "a check on its dependability under stress" |
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Synonyms: assay, check |
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Related Words: Apgar score, Pap test, Papanicolaou test, Snellen test, appraisal, assessment, bioassay, biopsy, skin test, stress test |
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(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" |
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Synonyms: exam, examination |
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Related Words: communicating, communication, final, final exam, final examination, midterm, midterm exam, midterm examination, oral, oral exam, oral examination, prelim, preliminary exam, preliminary examination, question sheet, quiz, test paper, tripos, viva voce |
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(satellite adjective) of the nature of or undergoing an experiment; "an experimental drug"; "a pilot project"; "a test run"; "a trial separation" |
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Synonyms: experimental, model, pilot, trial |
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