tessitura
tessitura

test


Definition: Meaning of, test in English to English dictionary.

Pronunciation: / tɛst /

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test tests
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  1. exam a set of questions, exercises, or practical activities to measure someone's skill, ability, or knowledge
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  2. medical a medical examination on a part of your body, or a substance taken from your body, to check your health or to discover what is wrong with you
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  3. medical an examination of someone's blood, breath etc carried out by the police, to discover if they have done something illegal
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  4. medical a piece of equipment used for carrying out a medical examination
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  5. machine/product a process used to discover whether equipment or a product works correctly, or to discover more about it
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  6. difficult situation a difficult situation in which the qualities of someone or something are clearly shown
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  7. put somebody/something to the test to force someone or something into a difficult situation in order to discover what the limits of their strength, skills etc are
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  8. sport British English a TEST MATCH
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Prsesent Past Past Participle
test tested tested
Present Participle Third Person Singular
testing tests
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  1. medical to examine someone's blood, body etc in order to find out what is wrong with them, or to see if they have taken an illegal drug
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  2. substance to examine a substance or thing in order to find out its qualities or what it contains
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  3. knowledge/ability to ask someone spoken or written questions, or make them do a practical activity, to discover what they know about a subject
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  4. machine/product also test out to use something for a short time to see if it works in the correct way
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  5. show how good/strong to show how good or strong someone or something is, especially by putting them in a difficult situation
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  6. idea/plan also test out to start to use an idea or plan to find out if it is correct or effective
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  7. test the water/waters to check people's reaction to a plan before you decide to use it
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test used in phrases

  • Dick test (noun)
    1. a skin test to determine your susceptibility to scarlet fever
  • Friedman test (noun)
    1. pregnancy test that involves injecting some of the woman's urine into an unmated female rabbit and later examining the ovaries of the rabbit; presence of corpora lutea indicates that the woman is pregnant
  • IQ test (noun)
    1. a psychometric test of intelligence
  • Kendall test (noun)
    1. used when the assumptions of standard correlational analysis are not met statistics any of several nonparametric measures of correlation
  • MOT test (noun)
    1. a compulsory annual test of older motor vehicles for safety and exhaust fumes
  • Mantoux test (noun)
    1. past or present a derivative of tubercle bacillus tuberculin is injected intradermally; a red area appearing 1-3 days later signifies an exposure to tubercle bacilli and the need for further testing
  • Ministry of Transportation test (noun)
    1. a compulsory annual test of older motor vehicles for safety and exhaust fumes
  • Molisch test (noun)
    1. biochemical indicator of the presence of carbohydrates in a solution; if carbohydrates are present a violet ring is formed by reaction with alpha-naphthol in the presence of sulphuric acid
  • Molisch's test (noun)
    1. biochemical indicator of the presence of carbohydrates in a solution; if carbohydrates are present a violet ring is formed by reaction with alpha-naphthol in the presence of sulphuric acid
  • PKU test (noun)
    1. a test of newborn infants for phenylketonuria
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test used in phrasal verbs

  • test out (phrasal verb)
    1. test someone out to say things that are designed to find out what someone’s opinions, reactions, or abilities are
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