What does Test Mean?

Definitions

Definition as Noun
  • a hard outer covering as of some amoebas and sea urchins
  • a set of questions or exercises evaluating skill or knowledge
  • any standardized procedure for measuring sensitivity or memory or intelligence or aptitude or personality etc
  • trying something to find out about it
  • the act of undergoing testing
  • the act of testing something
Definition as Verb
  • show a certain characteristic when tested
  • achieve a certain score or rating on a test
  • determine the presence or properties of (a substance)
  • undergo a test
  • put to the test, as for its quality, or give experimental use to
  • examine someone's knowledge of something
  • test or examine for the presence of disease or infection

Examples

  • "when the test was stolen the professor had to make a new set of questions"
  • "the test was standardized on a large sample of students"
  • "a sample for ten days free trial"; "a trial of progesterone failed to relieve the pain"
  • "he survived the great test of battle"; "candidates must compete in a trial of skill"
  • "in the experimental trials the amount of carbon was measured separately"; "he called each flip of the coin a new trial"
  • "He tested positive for HIV"
  • "She tested high on the LSAT and was admitted to all the good law schools"
  • "She doesn't test well"
  • "This approach has been tried with good results"; "test this recipe"
  • "The teacher tests us every week"; "We got quizzed on French irregular verbs"
  • "screen the blood for the HIV virus"

Part of Speech

Noun, Verb