test
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< 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.
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test (not comparable)
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- (cricket) Of a test match
- His test average was nearly 100.
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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.
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- (challenge): challenge, trial
- (academics, examination): quiz, examination
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to 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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- 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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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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test m. inv.
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test m. (plural tests)
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