test drive

See also: test-drive

English

Noun

test drive (plural test drives)

1. A sample driving session in a motor vehicle, in order to assess its quality before purchase.
2. (figuratively) Any preliminary assessment of something through use.

Translations

trial run in a vehicle

• Danish: prøvetur c
• Finnish: koeajo (fi)
• Italian: giro di prova
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: prøvetur m

  Nynorsk: prøvetur m

• Portuguese: test drive (pt) m, test-drive m

Verb

test drive (third-person singular simple present test drives, present participle test driving, simple past test drove, past participle test driven)

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

Alternative forms

• test-drive

Anagrams

• divertest