test

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Pronunciation
/test/
/test/
Noun
10 definition(s)
1 Definition

A challenge, trial.

2 Definition

A cupel or cupelling hearth in which precious metals are melted for trial and refinement.

3 Definition

(academia) An examination, given often during the academic term.

4 Definition

A session in which a product or piece of equipment is examined under everyday or extreme conditions to evaluate its durability, etc.

5 Definition

(normally β€œTest”) A Test match.

6 Definition

The external calciferous shell, or endoskeleton, of an echinoderm, e.g. sand dollars and sea urchins.

7 Definition

Testa; seed coat.

8 Definition

Judgment; distinction; discrimination.

9 Definition

A witness.

10 Definition

(body building) testosterone

Verb
9 definition(s)
1 Definition

To challenge.

Example Sentences
  • Climbing the mountain tested our stamina.
2 Definition

To refine (gold, silver, etc.) in a test or cupel; to subject to cupellation.

3 Definition

To put to the proof; to prove the truth, genuineness, or quality of by experiment, or by some principle or standard; to try.

Example Sentences
  • to test the soundness of a principle; to test the validity of an argument
4 Definition

(academics) To administer or assign an examination, often given during the academic term, to (somebody).

5 Definition

To place a product or piece of equipment under everyday and/or extreme conditions and examine it for its durability, etc.

6 Definition

To be shown to be by test.

Example Sentences
  • He tested positive for cancer.
7 Definition

To examine or try, as by the use of some reagent.

Example Sentences
  • to test a solution by litmus paper
8 Definition

To attest (a document) legally, and date it.

9 Definition

To make a testament, or will.