road-test

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road test

1. A test of a motor vehicle's operating capability under actual road conditions.

2. A test of driving ability on the road required of a candidate for a driver's license.

road′-test′ v.

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.

road-test

Past participle: road-tested
Gerund: road-testing

Imperative
road-test
road-test

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Collins English Verb Tables © HarperCollins Publishers 2011

Translations

road-test

[ˈrəʊdˌtɛst] vt → provare su strada

Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

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