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Meaning of 'test' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Test [ n.]
- A cupel or cupelling hearth in which precious metals are melted for trial and refinement.
- Examination or trial by the cupel; hence, any critical examination or decisive trial; as, to put a man's assertions to a test.
- Means of trial; as, absence is a test of love.
- That with which anything is compared for proof of its genuineness; a touchstone; a standard.
- Discriminative characteristic; standard of judgment; ground of admission or exclusion.
- Judgment; distinction; discrimination.
- A reaction employed to recognize or distinguish any particular substance or constituent of a compound, as the production of some characteristic precipitate; also, the reagent employed to produce such reaction; thus, the ordinary test for sulphuric acid is the production of a white insoluble precipitate of barium sulphate by means of some soluble barium salt.
- A witness.
- Alt. of Testa
2 . Test [ v. i.]
- To make a testament, or will.
3 . Test [ v. t.]
- To refine, as gold or silver, in a test, or cupel; to subject to cupellation.
- To put to the proof; to prove the truth, genuineness, or quality of by experiment, or by some principle or standard; to try; as, to test the soundness of a principle; to test the validity of an argument.
- To examine or try, as by the use of some reagent; as, to test a solution by litmus paper.

Meaning of 'test' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . test [ n]
Meaning (1):
- trying something to find out about it
Example in sentence:
  • a sample for ten days free trial;
  • a trial of progesterone failed to relieve the pain
Meaning (2):
- the act of undergoing testing
Example in sentence:
  • candidates must compete in a trial of skill;
  • he survived the great test of battle
Meaning (3):
- the act of testing something
Example in sentence:
  • he called each flip of the coin a new trial;
  • in the experimental trials the amount of carbon was measured separately
Meaning (4):
- any standardized procedure for measuring sensitivity or memory or intelligence or aptitude or personality etc
Example in sentence:
  • the test was standardized on a large sample of students
Meaning (5):
- a set of questions or exercises evaluating skill or knowledge
Example in sentence:
  • when the test was stolen the professor had to make a new set of questions
6 . test [ v]
Meaning (6):
- show a certain characteristic when tested
Example in sentence:
  • He tested positive for HIV
Meaning (7):
- test or examine for the presence of disease or infection
Example in sentence:
  • screen the blood for the HIV virus
Meaning (8):
- undergo a test
Example in sentence:
  • She doesn't test well
Meaning (9):
- achieve a certain score or rating on a test
Example in sentence:
  • She tested high on the LSAT and was admitted to all the good law schools
Meaning (10):
- put to the test, as for its quality, or give experimental use to
Example in sentence:
  • Test this recipe;
  • This approach has been tried with good results
Meaning (11):
- examine someone's knowledge of something
Example in sentence:
  • The teacher tests us every week;
  • We got quizzed on French irregular verbs

Nearby Words:

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