flight-test

(flīt′tĕst′)

tr.v. flight-test·ed, flight-test·ing, flight-tests

To test (an aircraft, for example) during flight.

American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

flight′-test`

v.t.

to test (an aircraft or spacecraft) in flight.

[1930–35]

flight-test

Past participle: flight-tested
Gerund: flight-testing

Imperative
flight-test
flight-test

Present
I flight-test
you flight-test
he/she/it flight-tests
we flight-test
you flight-test
they flight-test

Preterite
I flight-tested
you flight-tested
he/she/it flight-tested
we flight-tested
you flight-tested
they flight-tested

Present Continuous
I am flight-testing
you are flight-testing
he/she/it is flight-testing
we are flight-testing
you are flight-testing
they are flight-testing

Present Perfect
I have flight-tested
you have flight-tested
he/she/it has flight-tested
we have flight-tested
you have flight-tested
they have flight-tested

Past Continuous
I was flight-testing
you were flight-testing
he/she/it was flight-testing
we were flight-testing
you were flight-testing
they were flight-testing

Past Perfect
I had flight-tested
you had flight-tested
he/she/it had flight-tested
we had flight-tested
you had flight-tested
they had flight-tested

Future
I will flight-test
you will flight-test
he/she/it will flight-test
we will flight-test
you will flight-test
they will flight-test

Future Perfect
I will have flight-tested
you will have flight-tested
he/she/it will have flight-tested
we will have flight-tested
you will have flight-tested
they will have flight-tested

Future Continuous
I will be flight-testing
you will be flight-testing
he/she/it will be flight-testing
we will be flight-testing
you will be flight-testing
they will be flight-testing

Present Perfect Continuous
I have been flight-testing
you have been flight-testing
he/she/it has been flight-testing
we have been flight-testing
you have been flight-testing
they have been flight-testing

Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been flight-testing
you will have been flight-testing
he/she/it will have been flight-testing
we will have been flight-testing
you will have been flight-testing
they will have been flight-testing

Past Perfect Continuous
I had been flight-testing
you had been flight-testing
he/she/it had been flight-testing
we had been flight-testing
you had been flight-testing
they had been flight-testing

Conditional
I would flight-test
you would flight-test
he/she/it would flight-test
we would flight-test
you would flight-test
they would flight-test

Past Conditional
I would have flight-tested
you would have flight-tested
he/she/it would have flight-tested
we would have flight-tested
you would have flight-tested
they would have flight-tested

Collins English Verb Tables © HarperCollins Publishers 2011

Translations

flight-test

[ˈflaɪttest] VT → probar en vuelo

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