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English [edit]
Pronunciation [edit]
- IPA: /tɛst/, X-SAMPA: /tEst/
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- (South African) IPA: /test/
Etymology 1 [edit]
From Old French test (“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 seen also in terra (“earth”) for *tersa (“dry land”); see terra, thirst.
Noun [edit]
test (plural tests)
- A challenge, trial.
- 2012 March-April, Colin Allen, “Do I See What You See?”, American Scientist, volume 100, number 2, page 168:
- 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?”, American Scientist, volume 100, number 2, page 168:
- (academia) An examination, given often during the academic term.
- A session in which a product or piece of equipment is examined under everyday or extreme conditions to evaluate its durability, etc.
- (cricket, normally “Test”) A Test match.
- (marine biology) The external calciferous shell, or endoskeleton, of an echinoderm, e.g. sand dollars and sea urchins.
- (botany) Testa; seed coat.
Synonyms [edit]
- (challenge): challenge, trial
- (academics, examination): quiz, examination
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Descendants [edit]
- German: Test
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Verb [edit]
test (third-person singular simple present tests, present participle testing, simple past and past participle tested)
- To challenge.
- (Academics) To administer or assign an examination that is given often during the academic term.
- To place a product or piece of equipment under everyday and/or extreme conditions and examine it for its durability, etc.
- (copulative) To be shown to be by test.
- He tested positive for cancer.
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Descendants [edit]
- German: testen
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Etymology 2 [edit]
Latin testari.
Verb [edit]
test (third-person singular simple present tests, present participle testing, simple past and past participle tested)
External links [edit]
- 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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test
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test m
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From English
Pronunciation [edit]
- IPA: /tɛst/
Noun [edit]
test m (plural tests)
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Hungarian [edit]
Etymology [edit]
Of unknown origin.
Pronunciation [edit]
- IPA: /ˈtɛʃt/
Noun [edit]
test (plural testek)
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Italian [edit]
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English
Noun [edit]
test m (invariable)
Old French [edit]
Etymology [edit]
Latin testum.
Noun [edit]
test m (oblique plural tests, nominative singular tests, nominative plural test)
- (uncountable) clay
- (countable) a pot, usually made out of clay
Descendants [edit]
- English: test (borrowed)
References [edit]
- Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l'ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IXe au XVe siècle (1881)
Spanish [edit]
Noun [edit]
test m (plural tests)
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Noun [edit]
test n and c
- a test, an examination, a trial
- a test, an attempt, an experiment
- a piece of hair c
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