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test-drive

(tĕst′drīv′)

tr.v. test-drove (-drōv′), test-driv·en (-drĭv′ən), test-driv·ing, test-drives

To drive (a motor vehicle) to evaluate performance and condition.

test′ drive′ n.

test-drive

vb (tr) , -drives, -driving, -drove or -driven

(Automotive Engineering) to drive (a car or other motor vehicle) for a limited period in order to assess its capabilities and limitations

test′-drive`

v.t. -drove, -driv•en, -driv•ing.

to drive (a vehicle) in order to evaluate performance and reliability.

[1945–50]

test-drive

Past participle: test-driven
Gerund: test-driving

Imperative
test-drive
test-drive

Present
I test-drive
you test-drive
he/she/it test-drives
we test-drive
you test-drive
they test-drive

Preterite
I test-drove
you test-drove
he/she/it test-drove
we test-drove
you test-drove
they test-drove

Present Continuous
I am test-driving
you are test-driving
he/she/it is test-driving
we are test-driving
you are test-driving
they are test-driving

Present Perfect
I have test-driven
you have test-driven
he/she/it has test-driven
we have test-driven
you have test-driven
they have test-driven

Past Continuous
I was test-driving
you were test-driving
he/she/it was test-driving
we were test-driving
you were test-driving
they were test-driving

Past Perfect
I had test-driven
you had test-driven
he/she/it had test-driven
we had test-driven
you had test-driven
they had test-driven

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

Future Perfect
I will have test-driven
you will have test-driven
he/she/it will have test-driven
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Future Continuous
I will be test-driving
you will be test-driving
he/she/it will be test-driving
we will be test-driving
you will be test-driving
they will be test-driving

Present Perfect Continuous
I have been test-driving
you have been test-driving
he/she/it has been test-driving
we have been test-driving
you have been test-driving
they have been test-driving

Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been test-driving
you will have been test-driving
he/she/it will have been test-driving
we will have been test-driving
you will have been test-driving
they will have been test-driving

Past Perfect Continuous
I had been test-driving
you had been test-driving
he/she/it had been test-driving
we had been test-driving
you had been test-driving
they had been test-driving

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

Past Conditional
I would have test-driven
you would have test-driven
he/she/it would have test-driven
we would have test-driven
you would have test-driven
they would have test-driven

Translations

test-drive

[ˈtestˌdraɪv] (test-drove (vb: pt) (test-driven (pp))) VT [+ car] [prospective buyer] → probar en carretera; [mechanic, technician] → hacer la prueba de rodaje a
see also test D

test-drive

[ˈtɛstˌdraɪv] (test-drove (pt)) [ˈtɛstˌdrəʊv] (test-driven (pp)) [ˈtɛstˌdrɪvn] vt → provare su strada

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