TEST
Definition:
- [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"
Synonyms: mental mental ing, psychometric
- [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"
Synonyms: trial, run
- [noun] the act of undergoing testing; "he survived the great test of battle"; "candidates must compete in a trial of skill"
Synonyms: trial
- [noun] trying something to find out about it; "a sample for ten days free trial"; "a trial of progesterone failed to relieve the pain"
Synonyms: trial, trial run, tryout
- [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"
Synonyms: examination, exam
- [noun] a hard outer covering as of some amoebas and sea urchins
- [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"
Synonyms: prove, try, try out, examine, essay
- [verb] test or examine for the presence of disease or infection; "screen the blood for the HIV virus"
Synonyms: screen
- [verb] examine someone's knowledge of something; "The teacher tests us every week"; "We got quizzed on French irregular verbs"
Synonyms: quiz
- [verb] show a certain characteristic when tested; "He tested positive for HIV"
- [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"
- [verb] determine the presence or properties of (a substance)
- [verb] undergo a test; "She doesn't test well"
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Related Words:
- control, verify
- float
- field-test
- intelligence test, IQ test
- personality test
- sub-test
- assay
- clinical trial, clinical test
- double blind
- preclinical trial, preclinical test, preclinical phase
- audition, tryout
- field trial
- fitting, try-on, trying on
- MOT, MOT test, Ministry of Transportation test
- pilot project, pilot program
- Snellen test
- field trial, field test
- alpha test
- beta test
- road test
- trial balloon
- bar examination, bar exam
- entrance examination, entrance exam
- final examination, final exam, final
- litmus test
- midterm examination, midterm exam, midterm
- oral, oral exam, oral examination, viva voce, viva
- preliminary examination, preliminary exam, prelim
- quiz
- test paper, examination paper, exam paper, question sheet
- tripos