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test 1  (tst)
n.
1. A procedure for critical evaluation; a means of determining the presence, quality, or truth of something; a trial: a test of one's eyesight; subjecting a hypothesis to a test; a test of an athlete's endurance.
2. A series of questions, problems, or physical responses designed to determine knowledge, intelligence, or ability.
3. A basis for evaluation or judgment: "A test of democratic government is how Congress and the president work together" Haynes Johnson.
4. Chemistry
a. A physical or chemical change by which a substance may be detected or its properties ascertained.
b. A reagent used to cause or promote such a change.
c. A positive result obtained.
5. A cupel.
v. test·ed, test·ing, tests
v.tr.
1. To subject to a test; try: tested the pen by scribbling on scrap paper; testing job applicants.
2.
a. To determine the presence or properties of (a substance).
b. To assay (metal) in a cupel.
v.intr.
1. To undergo a test.
2. To administer a test: test for acid content; test for the presence of an antibody.
3. To achieve a score or rating on tests: tested high on the entrance exams.
4. To exhibit a given characteristic when subjected to a test: test positive for the tubercle bacillus.

[Middle English, cupel, from Old French, pot, from Latin test, testum.]

testa·bili·ty n.
testa·ble adj.
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.testingtesting - the act of subjecting to experimental test in order to determine how well something works; "they agreed to end the testing of atomic weapons"
experiment, experimentation - the act of conducting a controlled test or investigation
2.testing - an examination of the characteristics of something; "there are laboratories for commercial testing"; "it involved testing thousands of children for smallpox"
examination, scrutiny - the act of examining something closely (as for mistakes)
screening - testing objects or persons in order to identify those with particular characteristics
3.testing - the act of giving students or candidates a test (as by questions) to determine what they know or have learned
investigating, investigation - the work of inquiring into something thoroughly and systematically
11-plus, eleven-plus - (formerly in Britain) an examination taken by 11 and 12 year old students to select suitable candidates for grammar school

testing
Translations
Spanish testing [ˈtɛstɪŋ] adj (= difficult) [time] → duro
French testing [ˈtɛstɪŋ] adj [situation, period] → difficile
German testing [ˈtɛstɪŋ] test adjschwierig
Italian testing [ˈtɛstɪŋ] adj (= difficult) [time] → duro/a

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Yonder where the storms rush down into the sea, and the snout of the mountain drinketh water, shall each on a time have his day and night watches, for HIS testing and recognition.
They were too light for testing weight, and they were so frail as to be dangerous to send to such a height.
Norbury to his brother Henry, who had joined him in Milan; and he was now at full liberty to amuse himself by testing in every possible way the extraordinary influence exercised over his relatives by the new hotel.
 
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