test
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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, in Medieval Latin especially an earthenpot in which metals were tried; compare testa (“a piece of burned clay, a potsherd”)”), from *terstus, past participle of the root seen also in terra for *tersa (“dry land”); see terra, thirst.
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test (plural tests)
- A challenge.
- (Academics) 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.
Two sea urchin tests
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- (challenge): challenge, trial
- (academics, examination): quiz, examination
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Terms derived from the noun test
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- German: Test
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challenge, trial
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academics: examination
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a session in which a product is examined under various conditions
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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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- German: testen
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to challenge
to administer an examination during the academic term
to place a product or piece of equipment under everyday and/or extreme conditions
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[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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test
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test m.
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From English
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- IPA: /tɛst/
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test m. (plural tests)
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Of unknown origin.
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- IPA: /ˈtɛʃt/
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test (plural testek)
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English
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test m. inv.
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test m. (plural tests)
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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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