test

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Pronunciation 1.3 Adjective 1.4 Noun 1.4.1 Synonyms 1.4.2 Antonyms 1.4.3 Derived terms 1.4.4 Translations 1.5 Verb 1.5.1 Translations 1.5.2 Related terms 1.6 External links 2 Breton 2.1 Noun 3 Czech 3.1 Noun 3.1.1 Derived terms 4 French 4.1 Noun 4.1.1 Derived terms 5 Hungarian 5.1 Etymology 5.2 Pronunciation 5.3 Noun 5.3.1 Declension 5.3.2 Derived terms 6 Italian 6.1 Etymology 6.2 Noun 7 Spanish 7.1 Noun 7.1.1 Synonyms

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[edit] Etymology

< Old French test (“‘an earthen vessel, esp. a pot in which metals were tried’”) < Latin testum (“‘the lid of an earthen vessel, an earthen vessel, an earthen pot, in Medieval Latin especially an earthenpot in which metals were tried; compare testa (“‘a piece of burned clay, a potsherd’”)’”) < *terstus, pp. of the root seen also in terra for *tersa (“‘dry land’”); see terra, thirst.

[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: /tɛst/, SAMPA: /tEst/
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• Rhymes: -ɛst

[edit] Adjective

test (not comparable)

1. (cricket) Of a test match

   His test average was nearly 100.

[edit] Noun

test (plural tests)

1. A challenge.
2. (Academics) An examination, given often during the academic term.
3. A session in which a product or piece of equipment is examined under everyday or extreme conditions to evaluate its durability, etc.
4. (cricket) (normally “Test”) A test match.
5. (marine biology) The external calciferous shell, or endoskeleton, of an echinoderm, e.g. sand dollars and sea urchins.
   

   

   Two sea urchin tests

[edit] Synonyms

• (challenge): challenge, trial
• (academics, examination): quiz, examination

[edit] Antonyms

• (challenge): breeze
• (academics, examination): recess

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[edit] Verb

to test (third-person singular simple present tests, present participle testing, simple past and past participle tested)

1. To challenge.
2. (Academics) To administer or assign an examination that is given often during the academic term.
3. To place a product or piece of equipment under everyday and/or extreme conditions and examine it for its durability, etc.
4. (copulative) To be shown to be by test.

   He tested positive for cancer.

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• attest
• contest
• detest
• protest

[edit] External links

• test in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
• test in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911

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[edit] Breton

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test

1. witness

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test m.

1. test

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• testovat
• testový m.

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test m. (plural tests)

1. test

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• tester

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[edit] Hungarian

[edit] Etymology

Of unknown origin.

[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈtɛʃt/

[edit] Noun

test (plural testek)

1. body
2. (mathematics) field

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[edit] Declension

declension of test singular plural nominative test testek accusative testet testeket dative testnek testeknek instrumental testtel testekkel causal-final testért testekért translative testté testekké terminative testig testekig essive-formal testként testekként essive-modal - - inessive testben testekben superessive testen testeken adessive testnél testeknél illative testbe testekbe sublative testre testekre allative testhez testekhez elative testből testekből delative testről testekről ablative testtől testektől

possessives of test possessor singular possession plural possession 1st person sing. testem testeim 2nd person sing. tested testeid 3rd person sing. teste testei 1st person plural testünk testeink 2nd person plural testetek testeitek 3rd person plural testük testeik

[edit] Derived terms

• holttest
• testalkat
• testápolás
• testes
• testőr
• testvér

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[edit] Italian

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English

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test m. inv.

1. test

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[edit] Spanish

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test m. (plural tests)

1. test

[edit] Synonyms

• prueba