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test en · NOUN · etymology 1

Pronunciation

• [tʰest] (Australia, General-South-African, New-Zealand)
• (General-American) audio
• /tɛst/ (General-American, Received-Pronunciation)
• (Southern-England) audio
• [tʰɛst] (General-American, Received-Pronunciation)
• (Received-Pronunciation) audio

Etymology

From Middle English test, teste, from Old French test, teste (“an earthen vessel, especially a pot in which metals were tried”), from Latin testum (“the lid of an earthen vessel, an earthen vessel, an earthen pot”), from *terstus, past participle of the root *tersa (“dry land”). See terra, thirst. The examination sense came via metaphor of the metallurgical sense: the way a metallurgist puts to the test their gold, a teacher may put to the test their students' knowledge. Displaced Old English afandung.

Meanings

1. A challenge, trial.
   • Numerous experimental tests and other observations have been offered in favor of animal mind reading, and although many scientists are skeptical, others assert that humans are not the only species capable of representing what others do and don’t perceive and know. 2012 March-April, Colin Allen, “Do I See What You See?”, in American Scientist, volume 100, number 2, archived from the original on 26 Apr 2012, page 168:
2. A challenge, trial. ▸ An examination, given often during the academic term.
3. A challenge, trial. ▸ A session in which a product, piece of equipment, or system is examined under everyday or extreme conditions to evaluate its durability, etc.
   • It's Christmas at ground zero / The button has been pressed / The radio / Just let us know / That this is not a test 1986, "Weird Al" Yankovic, “Christmas at Ground Zero”, in Polka Party!:
4. (qualifier:psychometrics) A challenge, trial. ▸ A standardised measure, consisting of one or more items.
   • Test Theory
   • aptitude test
5. (normally “Test”) A challenge, trial. ▸ A Test match.
6. (qualifier:marine biology) The external calciferous shell, or endoskeleton, of an echinoderm, e.g. sand dollars and sea urchins; testa.
7. A cupel or cupelling hearth in which precious metals are melted for trial and refinement.
8. Testa; seed coat.
9. (obsolete) Judgment; distinction; discrimination.
   • Who would excel, when few can make a test / Betwixt indifferent writing and the best? 1675, John Dryden, Aureng-zebe: A Tragedy. […], London: […] T[homas] N[ewcomb] for Henry Herringman, […], published 1676, →OCLC, (please specify the page number):

Forms

Antonyms

cakewalk · recess (antonym(s) of) · breeze

Deriveds

testpiece · hall test · Schick test · test bench · test suite · test-taker · brown paper bag test · testbench · Murphy's test · Winkler test · Grubbs' test · alpha test · torture-test · testbank · test pilot · double-blind test · nerdity test · sitting-rising test · fluorine test · Molisch's test · test-tube baby · hot iron test · testbed · unit test · DNA test · mistest · placement test · fuzz test · KPSS test · Blockburger test · Beilstein test · paper bag test · testlet · ball-on-three-balls test · Tukey's test · test-time compute · postcoital test · screen test · soak test · lateral flow test · test portion · time test · intertest · rapid antigen test · reverse Turing test · Miller test · Marechal's test · quest · mom test · tine test · t test · Turing test · hair drug test · borax bead test · test-fire · test subject · pregnancy test · posttest · nucleic acid test · Snellen test · liver function test · hole-board test · comb test · test track · Schwabach test · Tecumseh step test · Wada test · Tower of London test · nuclear test · A/B test · teach to the test · brake test · Stroop test · device under test · immunotest · white glove test · spark test · field sobriety test · Montenegro test · testate · Dick test · Sobel test · multitest · field-test · Sims test · testworthy · drug test · test dummy · sanity test · ESDA test · Lachman test · stereotest · Heaf test · Izod test · taste-test · Kesternich test · alternating series test · shit test · road test · salt spray test · Howey test · Schamroth's test · emissions test · bench test · roadtest · tester · crash test · pre-test · flash test · testless · Student's t-test · test bed · moose test · testable · day-after recall test · elk test · test firing · central location test · Mann-Whitney U test · Palko test · brown bag test · smear test · acceptance test · z-test · air puff test · beta test · pretest · Papanicolaou test · test-fly · pencil test · black building test · intratest · Mako Mori test · Rorschach inkblot test · paternity test · surprise test paradox · high-test peroxide · saliva test · sub-test · testfire · limit comparison test · Rogers test · cricket test · test tube · perfect gold standard test · Draize test · split test · Marechal-Rosin test · test site · Tebbit test · test flight · test pit · breath test · hit test · Coombs test · microtest · triangle test · Tukey's range test · oral test · burrito test · Mullen test · pap test · B3B-test · chi-square test · pub test · t-test · maternity test · testitis · test harness · triple test · stand the test of time · Bourne test · Sally-Anne test · Kwiatkowski-Phillips-Schmidt-Shin test · white-glove test · test case · Sargent Jump Test · Szondi test · rabbit test · precipitin test · midtest · nontest · rape test kit · test pattern · trade test · Guthrie test · test tube baby · driving test · sequential probability ratio test · test double · speaking test · purity test · blind test · Student's t test · pen test · Griess test · means test · Dix-Hallpike test · test of time · Becchi's test · test pressing · open-field test · straight-face test · test cross · serotest · flood test · retest · Mooney face test · Vito Russo test · final test · put to the test · prick test · playtest · Lemon test · red face test · bleep test · test paper · subtest · high-test · nonstress test · mirror test · Mantoux test · Abel test · bleeding time test · test drive · diehard test · crash test dummy · road-test · test-retest method · dielectric withstand test · Friedman test · Pap test · blot test · phototest · testability · oscillating wave test system · test and trace · self-test · Charpy impact test · spot test · tilt table test · Wald test · RAT test · test data · alcotest · DUT · thermotest · copy test · test-drive · Tukey's honest significance test · patch test · straight face test · eye test · test card · Winogradsky test · penetration test · platelet function test · means-test · Tan Delta test · transfer test · Weber test · test match · paraffin test · Widal test · foretest · test mule · test depth · Cooper test · test-paper · Wassermann test · test-driven development · beep test · pulmonary function test · tribotest · Bechdel test · Rinne test · ignition tube test · hair follicle test · Thomas test · testcross · aftertest · Ishihara test · oil test · Lüscher test · backtest · shovel test · Potter Stewart test · test run · Knoop test · poppy seed test · Mull of Kintyre test · quinine test

Descendants

testi · Test · test · teszt · teste · test · 테스트 · test · test · test · テスト · тест · թեստ · test · test · test · test · тест · test · test · test · تست · test · тест · test

Hypernyms

chore · task · difficult situation · job

Hyponyms

virginity test (Hyponyms of test) · vertical jump test (Hyponyms of test) · hotfire test (Hyponyms of test) · sniff test (Hyponyms of test) · acid test (Hyponyms of test) · fragility test (Hyponyms of test) · Martindale test (Hyponyms of test) · smoke test (Hyponyms of test) · Hühner test (Hyponyms of test) · Lagrange test (Hyponyms of test) · smell test (Hyponyms of test) · Miller-Rabin test (Hyponyms of test) · duck test (Hyponyms of test) · flame test (Hyponyms of test) · Ames test (Hyponyms of test) · multiple-choice test (Hyponyms of test) · inkblot test (Hyponyms of test) · Rabin-Miller test (Hyponyms of test) · taste test (Hyponyms of test) · nose test (Hyponyms of test) · level test (Hyponyms of test) · fine-tooth comb test (Hyponyms of test) · Lagrangian test (Hyponyms of test) · soap test (Hyponyms of test) · MOT test (Hyponyms of test) · babysitter test (Hyponyms of test) · finger test (Hyponyms of test) · elephant test (Hyponyms of test) · Trojan test (Hyponyms of test) · Martindale rub test (Hyponyms of test) · Schiff test (Hyponyms of test) · Rorschach test (Hyponyms of test) · field test (Hyponyms of test) · ACCESS test (Hyponyms of test) · Benedict's test (Hyponyms of test) · Charpy test (Hyponyms of test) · software test (Hyponyms of test) · blood test (Hyponyms of test) · laugh test (Hyponyms of test) · personality test (Hyponyms of test) · litmus test (Hyponyms of test) · static test (Hyponyms of test) · cock's comb test (Hyponyms of test) · Anderson-Darling test (Hyponyms of test) · whisper test (Hyponyms of test) · Bechdel-Wallace test (Hyponyms of test) · Zimmermann test (Hyponyms of test) · Huhner test (Hyponyms of test) · Eggertz test (Hyponyms of test) · hearing test (Hyponyms of test) · single-choice test (Hyponyms of test) · spin prime test (Hyponyms of test) · stress test (Hyponyms of test) · binomial test (Hyponyms of test) · giggle test (Hyponyms of test) · woe

Relateds

Herculean · Sisyphean · Augean · have a mountain to climb · do the hard yards · boil the ocean

Synonyms

examination (academics: examination) · mountain · test · all one's life's worth · quiz · trial · challenge

Translations (314)

gl test (challenge, trial) · vi sự thử thách (challenge, trial) · fi kuori (external calciferous shell) · my စာမေးပွဲ (academics: examination) · hu teszt (product examination) · lt egzaminas (academics: examination) · ur اِمْتِحان (academics: examination) · gd feuchainn (academics: examination) · mr कसोटी (cricket: test game) · bg тест (product examination) · scn esami (academics: examination) · lld proa (challenge, trial) · az sınaq (challenge, trial) · ur اِمْتِحان (product examination) · hy ստուգողական (academics: examination) · pdt Proow (challenge, trial) · ja 試練 (challenge, trial) · sv prövning (challenge, trial) · bg тест (challenge, trial) · lb Prouf (challenge, trial) · tk ekzamen (academics: examination) · cmn 考試 /考试 (academics: examination) · es prueba (product examination) · sh tȅst (challenge, trial) · hi चुनौती (challenge, trial) · sv prov (academics: examination) · sk test (product examination) · be выпрабава́ньне (challenge, trial) · be кантро́льная рабо́та (academics: examination) · mk тест (product examination) · uz sinov (academics: examination) · sv försök (challenge, trial) · sh те̏ст (academics: examination) · lo ການສອບ (academics: examination) · got 𐌲𐌰𐌺𐌿𐍃𐍄𐍃 (challenge, trial) · nb forsøk (challenge, trial) · uk тест (academics: examination) · fi testi (product examination) · eo testo (challenge, trial) · gd dearbhadh (challenge, trial) · tl pagsusulit (challenge, trial) · ko 검사 (challenge, trial) · be тэст (challenge, trial) · pl test (product examination) · el δοκιμή (challenge, trial) · nl test (challenge, trial) · eo testo (academics: examination) · be выпрабава́нне (challenge, trial) · nl examen (academics: examination) · tr sınav (academics: examination) · ca test (challenge, trial) · sc proa (challenge, trial) · hi आज़माइश (product examination) · da prøvelse (challenge, trial) · kmr ezmûn (academics: examination) · lt testas (academics: examination) · it prova (challenge, trial) · sv provning (product examination) · ceb pagsulay (challenge, trial) · ar اِخْتِبَار (academics: examination) · ru экза́мен (academics: examination) · ro probă (challenge, trial) · fa-ira آزْمایِش (product examination) · sc proba (challenge, trial) · de Gehäuse (external calciferous shell) · mk испит (academics: examination) · sk test (academics: examination) · ro examen (academics: examination) · ar اِخْتِبَار (challenge, trial) · tg имтиҳон (academics: examination) · nl test (product examination) · az test (academics: examination) · ko 테스트 (product examination) · ug ئىمتىھان (academics: examination) · fa-ira آزْمون (academics: examination) · sq provim (academics: examination) · hy քննություն (academics: examination) · be экза́мен (academics: examination) · ms ujian (challenge, trial) · ka ტესტი (academics: examination) · sv prov (challenge, trial) · hu teszt (academics: examination) · fa-ira تِسْت (academics: examination) · sh test (product examination) · vi phép kiểm thử (product examination) · da forsøg (challenge, trial) · yi בחינה (academics: examination) · yi עקזאַמען (academics: examination) · acw اِخْتِبار (academics: examination) · ms peperiksaan (academics: examination) · cs zkouška (challenge, trial) · fi koe (challenge, trial) · ru тест (challenge, trial) · kmr imtîhan (academics: examination) · de Examen (academics: examination) · sh те̏ст (challenge, trial) · ko 시험 (academics: examination) · fa-ira اِمْتِحان (product examination) · pt prova (academics: examination) · pl próba (challenge, trial) · el διαγώνισμα (academics: examination) · el δοκιμασία (challenge, trial) · ky сынак (academics: examination) · hi परीक्षा (product examination) · ca test (product examination) · eo testo (product examination) · et eksam (academics: examination) · bg изпита́ние (challenge, trial) · cmn 試驗 /试验 (challenge, trial) · pl sprawdzian (academics: examination) · sv test (product examination) · sv prov (product examination) · ur آزْمَائِش (product examination) · ky тест (academics: examination) · he מִבְחָן (academics: examination) · gl proba (product examination) · de Test (product examination) · gl proba (academics: examination) · ms ujian (academics: examination) · nl test (academics: examination) · kmr azmûn (academics: examination) · ml പരീക്ഷ (challenge, trial) · gd feuchainn (challenge, trial) · tr deneme (challenge, trial) · sl izpit (academics: examination) · it verifica (challenge, trial) · uk тест (challenge, trial) · ru контро́льная рабо́та (academics: examination) · ar اِمْتِحَان (academics: examination) · lv tests (academics: examination) · uk екза́мен (academics: examination) · fa-ira آزْمایِش (academics: examination) · nb test (challenge, trial) · tg озмун (academics: examination) · fr test (product examination) · ar تَجْرِبَة (challenge, trial) · sh ìspit (academics: examination) · pl egzamin (academics: examination) · de Erprobung (product examination) · fr examen (academics: examination) · el εξέταση (product examination) · de Test (challenge, trial) · ga tástáil (product examination) · vi cuộc thi đấu (cricket: test game) · hi परख (academics: examination) · ast prueba (challenge, trial) · ja 実験 (challenge, trial) · sw jaribio (challenge, trial) · et test (academics: examination) · rsk испит (academics: examination) · sq prova (challenge, trial) · pt teste (academics: examination) · ro test (product examination) · gl testo (external calciferous shell) · kk емтихан (academics: examination) · ru па́нцирь (external calciferous shell) · az imtahan (academics: examination) · hy ստուգարք (academics: examination) · eo ekzameno (academics: examination) · lv eksāmens (academics: examination) · vi khảo thí (academics: examination) · ka გამოცდა (academics: examination) · sv tentamen (academics: examination) · ota صدف (external calciferous shell) · az yoxlama (academics: examination) · ba имтихан (academics: examination) · fi tentti (academics: examination) · tr test (challenge, trial) · cmn 檢查 /检查 (product examination) · sq provë (challenge, trial) · sh ѝспит (academics: examination) · sh тест (product examination) · ca prova (challenge, trial) · sl preizkus (challenge, trial) · ru про́ба (challenge, trial) · tt имтихан (academics: examination) · id tes (academics: examination) · vec prova (challenge, trial) · my အစမ်း (challenge, trial) · mk тест (academics: examination) · uz imtihon (academics: examination) · uk контро́льна робо́та (academics: examination) · pdt Test (academics: examination) · is próf (academics: examination) · sl test (academics: examination) · ko 테스트 (academics: examination) · gl test (product examination) · gl ensaio (challenge, trial) · sv tenta (academics: examination) · tl subok (academics: examination) · da test (product examination) · km វិញ្ញាសា (academics: examination) · cs test (challenge, trial) · hi प्रयोग (product examination) · he מִבְחָן (challenge, trial) · sk skúška (academics: examination) · tg озмоиш (academics: examination) · scn prova (challenge, trial) · fr test (academics: examination) · fi koetus (challenge, trial) · vi bài thi (academics: examination) · yue 考試 /考试 (academics: examination) · fa-ira آزْمَایِش (challenge, trial) · ga scrúdú (academics: examination) · nl proef (challenge, trial) · ckb تاقیکردنەوە (academics: examination) · zza cerbnayen (challenge, trial) · tk synag (academics: examination) · hu próba (challenge, trial) · hi इम्तहान (academics: examination) · ru испыта́ние (product examination) · mi parawhakawai (cricket: test game) · bn পরীক্ষা (academics: examination) · ps امتحان (academics: examination) · de Prüfung (product examination) · es probatura (product examination) · ar اِخْتِبَار (product examination) · th สอบ (academics: examination) · ja 試験 (academics: examination) · sv dugga (academics: examination) · es probatura (challenge, trial) · ca examen (academics: examination) · grc πεῖρα (challenge, trial) · pdt Test (challenge, trial) · es prueba (academics: examination) · pt teste (product examination) · fur prove (challenge, trial) · uk випро́бування (challenge, trial) · uz ekzamen (academics: examination) · gl ensaio (product examination) · th การทดลอง (product examination) · tg озмоиш (product examination) · tr imtihan (academics: examination) · ro probă (product examination) · te పరీక్ష (academics: examination) · da prøve (challenge, trial) · sl test (product examination) · de Versuch (challenge, trial) · ja 検査 (product examination) · tg озмоиш (challenge, trial) · cmn 測試 /测试 (product examination) · ko 검사 (product examination) · vi phép kiểm tra (product examination) · az sınaq (academics: examination) · sq provimi (academics: examination) · de Prüfung (academics: examination) · oc espròva (challenge, trial) · fa-ira اِمْتِحان (academics: examination) · ky экзамен (academics: examination) · th การสอบ (academics: examination) · ru тест (academics: examination) · gl exame (academics: examination) · te పరీక్ష (product examination) · ja テスト (product examination) · ps ازمېیښت (academics: examination) · ps ازمويښت (academics: examination) · sk test (challenge, trial) · uk тест (product examination) · lb Prüfung (academics: examination) · fr épreuve (challenge, trial) · hu vizsgálat (product examination) · ar اِمْتِحَان (product examination) · ja テスト (academics: examination) · ca test (academics: examination) · bg тест (academics: examination) · tr test (academics: examination) · tl pagsusulit (academics: examination) · mn шалгалт (academics: examination) · gl test (academics: examination) · be тэст (academics: examination) · hi परीक्षा (academics: examination) · ca prova (academics: examination) · da eksamen (academics: examination) · fi käyttökoe (product examination) · grc δοκιμή (challenge, trial) · sc prova (challenge, trial) · ru испыта́ние (challenge, trial) · pl sprawdzian (product examination) · bg и́зпит (academics: examination) · eu azterketa (academics: examination) · cs test (product examination) · zza test kerden (challenge, trial) · pt prova (challenge, trial) · pt teste (challenge, trial) · ml പരിശോധന (product examination) · id tes (challenge, trial) · hu vizsga (academics: examination) · ru тест (product examination) · tg имтиҳон (product examination) · hy փորձարկում (product examination) · crh sınav (challenge, trial) · it esame (academics: examination) · ml ടെസ്റ്റ് (cricket: test game) · ota فتنه (challenge, trial) · fi koe (academics: examination) · pt exame (academics: examination) · be тэст (product examination) · es prueba (challenge, trial) · cs zkouška (academics: examination) · nb prøve (challenge, trial) · ml പരീക്ഷ (academics: examination) · es test (academics: examination) · gl proba (challenge, trial) · hi इम्तहान (product examination) · sh tȅst (academics: examination) · ms ujian (product examination) · kk сынақ (academics: examination) · sa परीक्षा (challenge, trial) · gd dearbhadh (product examination) · es test (product examination) · bn ইমতেহান (academics: examination) · gd feuchainn (product examination) · id ujian (academics: examination) · sl preizkušnja (challenge, trial)

test en · VERB · etymology 1

Pronunciation

• [tʰest] (Australia, General-South-African, New-Zealand)
• (General-American) audio
• /tɛst/ (General-American, Received-Pronunciation)
• (Southern-England) audio
• [tʰɛst] (General-American, Received-Pronunciation)
• (Received-Pronunciation) audio

Etymology

From Middle English test, teste, from Old French test, teste (“an earthen vessel, especially a pot in which metals were tried”), from Latin testum (“the lid of an earthen vessel, an earthen vessel, an earthen pot”), from *terstus, past participle of the root *tersa (“dry land”). See terra, thirst. The examination sense came via metaphor of the metallurgical sense: the way a metallurgist puts to the test their gold, a teacher may put to the test their students' knowledge. Displaced Old English afandung.

Meanings

1. To challenge, to put a strain on (something).
   • Climbing the mountain tested our stamina.
2. To refine (gold, silver, etc.) in a test or cupel; to subject to cupellation.
3. To put to the proof; to prove the truth, genuineness, or quality of by experiment, or by some principle or standard; to try.
   • September 17, 1796, George Washington, Farewell Address Experience is the surest standard by which to test the real tendency of the existing constitution.
   • to test the validity of an argument
   • to test the soundness of a principle
4. (qualifier:academics) To administer or assign an examination, often given during the academic term, to (somebody).
5. To place a product or piece of equipment under everyday and/or extreme conditions and examine it for its durability, etc.
   • Similar studies of rats have employed four different intracranial resorbable, slow sustained release systems–[…]. Such a slow-release device containing angiogenic factors could be placed on the pia mater covering the cerebral cortex and tested in persons with senile dementia in long term studies. 2013 May-June, Charles T. Ambrose, “Alzheimer’s Disease”, in American Scientist, volume 101, number 3, archived from the original on 24 Apr 2013, page 200:
6. (copulative) To be shown to be by test.
   • He tested positive for cancer.
   • It is probable that children who test above 180 IQ are actually present in our juvenile population in greater frequency than at the rate of one in a million. 2015, Leta Stetter Hollingworth, Harry Levi Hollingworth, Children Above 180 IQ Stanford-Binet: Origin and Development:
7. To examine or try, as by the use of some reagent.
   • to test a solution by litmus paper
8. (intransitive, slang, transitive) To challenge (someone) to a fight.
   • Back then, you couldn't rock any type of jewelry just like that, because someone was going to test you or rob you. If you were wearing a chain, you had to be someone who was known for shooting or cutting or knocking dudes the fuck out. And someone who didn’t know you may still try and test, so you couldn't really rely on your rep to save you every time. 2018, U-God [Lamont Hawkins], Raw: My Journey Into the Wu-Tang, New York, N.Y.: Picador, →ISBN, page 31:
   • I'm feelin' special, I might fly her out to LA, yeah / I got my weapon, it turn violent if you test me, yeah 2023 November 6, “Guapi” (1:44 from the start)performed by YoungBoy Never Broke Again:

Forms

Deriveds

mistest · testing 1-2-3 · testee · test someone's patience · tried and tested · untestability · field-test · overtest · roadtest · test the waters · pretest · test the water · biotest · cotest · serotest · retest · undertest · playtest · subtest · phototest · test out · tribotest · backtest

Descendants

testen

Translations (133)

cmn 檢驗 /检验 (to place a product or piece of equipment under everyday and/or extreme conditions) · sl preizkusiti (to place a product or piece of equipment under everyday and/or extreme conditions) · ru тести́ровать (to administer an examination during the academic term) · el δοκιμάζω (to challenge) · gd feuch (to challenge) · bg тествам (to place a product or piece of equipment under everyday and/or extreme conditions) · la perīclitor (to challenge) · cmn 測試 /测试 (to challenge) · cs zkoušet (to administer an examination during the academic term) · ga tástáil (to place a product or piece of equipment under everyday and/or extreme conditions) · uk випробо́вувати (to place a product or piece of equipment under everyday and/or extreme conditions) · cs vyzkoušet (to place a product or piece of equipment under everyday and/or extreme conditions) · es dar (to be shown to be by test) · az sınaqdan keçirmək (to challenge) · da teste (to administer an examination during the academic term) · ru испыта́ть (to challenge) · da udfordre (to challenge) · da teste (to place a product or piece of equipment under everyday and/or extreme conditions) · fi järjestää tentti (to administer an examination during the academic term) · hu kihív (to challenge) · de aufzeigen (to be shown to be by test) · got 𐌺𐌹𐌿𐍃𐌰𐌽 (to challenge) · az sınaqdan keçirmək (to place a product or piece of equipment under everyday and/or extreme conditions) · fi testata (to challenge) · sw -jaribu (to challenge) · ca testejar (to place a product or piece of equipment under everyday and/or extreme conditions) · vi kiểm thử (to place a product or piece of equipment under everyday and/or extreme conditions) · fr tester (to administer an examination during the academic term) · pt testar (to challenge) · hu vizsgál (to place a product or piece of equipment under everyday and/or extreme conditions) · es testear (to challenge) · ml പരീക്ഷിക്കുക (to challenge) · az sınamaq (to challenge) · ar اِمْتَحَنَ (to administer an examination during the academic term) · ru испы́тывать (to challenge) · es probar (to challenge) · sk otestovať (to challenge) · fi testata (to be shown to be by test) · bg тествам (to challenge) · vi đưa bài thi (to administer an examination during the academic term) · el θέτω υπό δοκιμασία (to place a product or piece of equipment under everyday and/or extreme conditions) · fr mettre à l'épreuve (to challenge) · ru протести́ровать (to place a product or piece of equipment under everyday and/or extreme conditions) · gd feuch (to administer an examination during the academic term) · de erproben (to place a product or piece of equipment under everyday and/or extreme conditions) · el δοκιμάζω (to place a product or piece of equipment under everyday and/or extreme conditions) · vi thử thách (to challenge) · it mettere alla prova (to challenge) · la experior (to place a product or piece of equipment under everyday and/or extreme conditions) · es revisar (to put to the proof) · uk тестува́ти (to place a product or piece of equipment under everyday and/or extreme conditions) · hu tesztel (to place a product or piece of equipment under everyday and/or extreme conditions) · pl testować (to administer an examination during the academic term) · it testare (to place a product or piece of equipment under everyday and/or extreme conditions) · fi koestaa (to challenge) · de provozieren (to challenge) · ro testa (to challenge) · az sınaqdan keçirmək (to administer an examination during the academic term) · es testear (to place a product or piece of equipment under everyday and/or extreme conditions) · sk testovať (to place a product or piece of equipment under everyday and/or extreme conditions) · de abverlangen (to challenge) · ar فَتَنَ (to place a product or piece of equipment under everyday and/or extreme conditions) · ru тести́ровать (to challenge) · bg изпи́твам (to challenge) · ja 試験する (to administer an examination during the academic term) · ru испыта́ть (to place a product or piece of equipment under everyday and/or extreme conditions) · tl subukin (to administer an examination during the academic term) · de fordern (to challenge) · hu vizsgázik (to administer an examination during the academic term) · ca provar (to place a product or piece of equipment under everyday and/or extreme conditions) · cs testovat (to administer an examination during the academic term) · grc ἐλέγχω (to challenge) · uk випро́бувати (to place a product or piece of equipment under everyday and/or extreme conditions) · fi haastaa (to challenge) · sk vyskúšať (to place a product or piece of equipment under everyday and/or extreme conditions) · cmn 測驗 /测验 (to administer an examination during the academic term) · es testear (to administer an examination during the academic term) · vi thử (to challenge) · es diñar (to be shown to be by test) · be тэсці́раваць (to administer an examination during the academic term) · cs testovat (to place a product or piece of equipment under everyday and/or extreme conditions) · sk vyskúšať (to administer an examination during the academic term) · ko 시험하다 (to administer an examination during the academic term) · fr tester (to challenge) · la specto (to administer an examination during the academic term) · ja 試す (to challenge) · fr tester (to place a product or piece of equipment under everyday and/or extreme conditions) · ro încerca (to challenge) · ru протести́ровать (to administer an examination during the academic term) · fi testata (to place a product or piece of equipment under everyday and/or extreme conditions) · ky сыноо (to challenge) · ja テストする (to administer an examination during the academic term) · sl testirati (to place a product or piece of equipment under everyday and/or extreme conditions) · ru тести́ровать (to place a product or piece of equipment under everyday and/or extreme conditions) · uk випробовувати (to challenge) · ar اِبْتَلَى (to place a product or piece of equipment under everyday and/or extreme conditions) · sk skúšať (to place a product or piece of equipment under everyday and/or extreme conditions) · sk skúšať (to administer an examination during the academic term) · sl preizkusiti (to challenge) · de erweisen (to be shown to be by test) · uk тестувати (to challenge) · az sınamaq (to administer an examination during the academic term) · ro proba (to challenge) · ja テストする (to place a product or piece of equipment under everyday and/or extreme conditions) · hu vizsgáztat (to administer an examination during the academic term) · ar اِمْتَحَنَ (to place a product or piece of equipment under everyday and/or extreme conditions) · uk відтестува́ти (to place a product or piece of equipment under everyday and/or extreme conditions) · sk testovať (to challenge) · uk трестува́ти (to administer an examination during the academic term) · de prüfen (to administer an examination during the academic term) · cs zkoušet (to place a product or piece of equipment under everyday and/or extreme conditions) · el εξετάζω (to administer an examination during the academic term) · hi परखना (to challenge) · es probar (to place a product or piece of equipment under everyday and/or extreme conditions) · pl testować (to place a product or piece of equipment under everyday and/or extreme conditions) · pt testar (to place a product or piece of equipment under everyday and/or extreme conditions) · vi kiểm tra (to place a product or piece of equipment under everyday and/or extreme conditions) · ca posar a prova (to challenge) · ja 試す (to place a product or piece of equipment under everyday and/or extreme conditions) · ru испы́тывать (to place a product or piece of equipment under everyday and/or extreme conditions) · sk testovať (to administer an examination during the academic term) · ar اِخْتَبَرَ (to place a product or piece of equipment under everyday and/or extreme conditions) · cs vyzkoušet (to administer an examination during the academic term) · az sınamaq (to place a product or piece of equipment under everyday and/or extreme conditions) · ca examinar (to administer an examination during the academic term) · it testare (to challenge) · ota دكهمك (to put to the proof) · ms menguji (to challenge) · cmn 考驗 /考验 (to administer an examination during the academic term) · uk ви́пробувати (to place a product or piece of equipment under everyday and/or extreme conditions) · ml പരിശോധിക്കുക (to place a product or piece of equipment under everyday and/or extreme conditions) · be тэстава́ць (to administer an examination during the academic term) · ru протести́ровать (to challenge)

test en · NOUN · etymology 2

Pronunciation

• [tʰest] (Australia, General-South-African, New-Zealand)
• (General-American) audio
• /tɛst/ (General-American, Received-Pronunciation)
• (Southern-England) audio
• [tʰɛst] (General-American, Received-Pronunciation)
• (Received-Pronunciation) audio

Etymology

From Middle English teste, from Old French teste, test and Latin testis (“one who attests, a witness”).

Meanings

1. (obsolete) A witness.
   • 1523-1525, John Bourchier, 2nd Baron Berners, Froissart's Chronicles Prelates and great lords of England, who were for the more surety tests of that deed.

Forms

Antonyms

cakewalk · breeze

Hypernyms

chore · task · difficult situation · job

Hyponyms

woe

Relateds

Herculean · Sisyphean · Augean · have a mountain to climb · do the hard yards · boil the ocean

Synonyms

mountain · test · all one's life's worth · trial · challenge

test en · VERB · etymology 2

Pronunciation

• [tʰest] (Australia, General-South-African, New-Zealand)
• (General-American) audio
• /tɛst/ (General-American, Received-Pronunciation)
• (Southern-England) audio
• [tʰɛst] (General-American, Received-Pronunciation)
• (Received-Pronunciation) audio

Etymology

From Middle English teste, from Old French teste, test and Latin testis (“one who attests, a witness”).

Meanings

1. (obsolete, transitive) To attest (a document) legally, and date it.
2. (intransitive, obsolete) To make a testament, or will.

Forms

Relateds

contest · protest · attest · detest

test en · NOUN · etymology 3

Pronunciation

• [tʰest] (Australia, General-South-African, New-Zealand)
• (General-American) audio
• /tɛst/ (General-American, Received-Pronunciation)
• (Southern-England) audio
• [tʰɛst] (General-American, Received-Pronunciation)
• (Received-Pronunciation) audio

Meanings

1. (abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, informal, slang, uncountable) Clipping of testosterone.
   alt of testosterone

Antonyms

cakewalk · breeze

Hypernyms

chore · task · difficult situation · job

Hyponyms

woe

Relateds

Herculean · Sisyphean · Augean · have a mountain to climb · do the hard yards · boil the ocean

Synonyms

mountain · test · all one's life's worth · trial · challenge