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tests, 3rd person singular present; tested, past participle; testing, present participle; tested, past tense;
  1. Take measures to check the quality, performance, or reliability of (something), esp. before putting it into widespread use or practice
    • - this range has not been tested on animals
    • - the testing and developing of prototypes
    • - a useful way to test out ideas before implementation
  2. Reveal the strengths or capabilities of (someone or something) by putting them under strain
    • - such behavior would severely test any marriage
  3. Give (someone) a short written or oral examination of their proficiency or knowledge
    • - all children are tested at eleven
  4. Judge or measure (someone's proficiency or knowledge) by means of such an examination

  5. Carry out a medical test on (a person, a part of the body, or a body fluid)

  6. Produce a specified result in a medical test, esp. a drug test or AIDS test
    • - he tested positive for steroids during the race
  7. Examine (a substance) by means of a reagent

  8. Touch or taste (something) to check that it is acceptable before proceeding further
    • - she tested the water with the tip of her elbow
  1. the act of subjecting to experimental test in order to determine how well something works; "they agreed to end the testing of atomic weapons"
  2. an examination of the characteristics of something; "there are laboratories for commercial testing"; "it involved testing thousands of children for smallpox"
  3. examination: the act of giving students or candidates a test (as by questions) to determine what they know or have learned
  4. (test) put to the test, as for its quality, or give experimental use to; "This approach has been tried with good results"; "Test this recipe"
  5. (test) trial: trying something to find out about it; "a sample for ten days free trial"; "a trial of progesterone failed to relieve the pain"
  6. (test) any standardized procedure for measuring sensitivity or memory or intelligence or aptitude or personality etc; "the test was standardized on a large sample of students"
  7. Debian is a computer operating system composed of software packages released as free and open source software especially under the GNU General Public License and other free software licenses. ...
  8. This is a list of episodes of the Dilbert animated series in the order that they were aired.
  9. Optical fabrication and testing spans an enormous range of manufacturing procedures and optical test configurations.
  10. (.test) The name test is reserved by the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) in RFC 2606 (June 1999) as a domain name that is not intended to be installed as a top-level domain (TLD) in the global Domain Name System (DNS) of the Internet for production use. ...
  11. (Test (biology)) A test is a term used to refer to the shell of sea urchins, and also the shell of certain microorganisms, such as testate foraminifera and testate amoebae.
  12. (Test (cricket)) Test cricket is the longest form of the sport of cricket. Test matches are played between national representative teams with "Test status", as determined by the International Cricket Council (ICC), with four innings played between two teams of 11 players over a period of up to a ...
  13. (testingly) In a tentative and experimental manner; In a challenging manner; so as to test the stamina, patience, etc
  14. (sometimes test) a Test match
  15. (test) A challenge; 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; (normally “Test”) A Test match; The external calciferous shell, or endoskeleton, of an ...
  16. (Test) A small-scale trial of a new approach or new process. A test is designed to learn if the change results in improvement and to fine-tune the change to fit the organization and patients. Tests are carried out using one or more PDSA cycles.
  17. (Test) In technical analysis, it is when a stock price approaches a support or resistance level set by the market. If the stock stays within the support and resistance levels, the test is passed.  However, if the   stock price   reaches new lows and/or new highs, the test has failed.
  18. (Test) Order placed for a small quantity of names to see how the list performs. If it performs well, a continuation order for more names is usually placed.
  19. (Test) A necessary step before sending an email campaign or newsletter. Many email clients permit you to send a test email for review.
  20. (Test) Examination; any procedure measuring the academic progress of a student.
  21. (Test) term for a match played between two national teams. Also, may be named an international.
  22. (test) (1) A discipline in the software-engineering process whose purpose is to integrate and test the system. (2) n. an instance of a given test case (3). v. To execute a test.
  23. (test) loose-fitting shell secreted by some protists, such as diatoms
  24. (TEST) An activity that is performed to evaluate the effectiveness or capabilities of a plan relative to specified objectives or measurement criteria.
  25. (TEST) Any of half a dozen methods of measuring appeal of a premium in advance of a promotion. Frequently done by personal interviews, sometimes by a mail ballot or split-run newspaper advertising.