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test drive en · NOUN

Meanings

  1. A sample driving session in a motor vehicle, in order to assess its quality before purchase.
    • And with an on-the-road price in the region of £15,300, the Primera 1.8S represents solid rather than really tempting value, since £200 more will buy you the more powerful and arguably more stylish Honda Accord 1.8iS. But even so, this new Primera is still well worth a test drive. 1999 September 13, Richard Simpson, “Test drive”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:
  2. (figuratively) Any preliminary assessment of something through use.

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
test drives Number=Plur lexicographic

Synonyms

test-ride

Translations (13)

sv provtur (trial run in a vehicle) · nb prøvetur (trial run in a vehicle) · da prøvetur (trial run in a vehicle) · pt test-drive (trial run in a vehicle) · nl testrit (trial run in a vehicle) · fi koeajo (trial run in a vehicle) · de Probefahrt (trial run in a vehicle) · nl proefrit (trial run in a vehicle) · it giro di prova (trial run in a vehicle) · sv provåkning (trial run in a vehicle) · nn prøvetur (trial run in a vehicle) · sv provkörning (trial run in a vehicle) · pt test drive (trial run in a vehicle)

test drive en · VERB

Meanings

  1. (transitive) To take a motor vehicle on the road to assess its quality before purchase.
  2. (figuratively, transitive) To establish a preliminary assessment of something through its use.

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
test drove Tense=Past lexicographic
test-drive alternative lexicographic
test drives Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
test driving Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
test driven Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic

Synonyms

test-ride

Translations (5)

pt fazer um test drive (try out a vehicle) · cmn 試駕 /试驾 (try out a vehicle) · de Probe fahren (try out a vehicle) · nb prøvekjøre (try out a vehicle) · da prøvekøre (try out a vehicle)