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[ US /ˈtɛst/ ]
[ US /ˈtɛst/ ]
NOUN
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the act of undergoing testing
candidates must compete in a trial of skill
he survived the great test of battle -
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 -
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 - a hard outer covering as of some amoebas and sea urchins
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the act of testing something
he called each flip of the coin a new trial
in the experimental trials the amount of carbon was measured separately -
trying something to find out about it
a trial of progesterone failed to relieve the pain
a sample for ten days free trial
VERB
- determine the presence or properties of (a substance)
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test or examine for the presence of disease or infection
screen the blood for the HIV virus -
show a certain characteristic when tested
He tested positive for HIV -
achieve a certain score or rating on a test
She tested high on the LSAT and was admitted to all the good law schools -
undergo a test
She doesn't test well -
put to the test, as for its quality, or give experimental use to
Test this recipe
This approach has been tried with good results -
examine someone's knowledge of something
The teacher tests us every week
We got quizzed on French irregular verbs
How To Use test In A Sentence
- The protests were going on about 1 kilometers away in the main street and some of the protesting crowd were running from tear gass used among them, towards Salehi St. The film is shot by my friend who was standing beside me. Iran Election Live-Blogging (Saturday June 20 Part II)
- Unless contraindicated, prophylaxis with a gastrointestinal motility stimulant laxative and a stool softener is appropriate in terminally ill patients who are being given opioids.
- The first batch of ten shows is seen as a test of viewer demand. Times, Sunday Times
- It would not be so bad if these tests were actually based on science or some objective measure but they are usually exercises in bureaucratic futility. Barack Obama Elected President of the United States | One Year Later...What's Changed?
- Keeping specific goals and metrics for testing in mind not only helps track status and results, but also avoids the last-second scramble to pull together necessary reports.
- Conclusion TSGF test in patients with carcinosis play a very important pole in early diagnosis and the evaluation of therapy effect.
- Practical measures such as quality control and testing are very important in the manufacturing process.
- Seizures are most likely to occur early in an illness (such as roseola, colds, gastrointestinal infection) when the fever is rising quickly.
- The visual system of most bird species, including all passerine birds tested to date, is sensitive to UV wavelengths.
- A recent issue of Gastroenterology reports on animal studies describing a swallowable capsule that can transmit video images as it travels through the small intestine.