test

Plural: tests

Noun

trying something to find out about it
any standardized procedure for measuring sensitivity or memory or intelligence or aptitude or personality etc
- "the test was standardized on a large sample of students"
a set of questions or exercises evaluating skill or knowledge
- "when the test was stolen the professor had to make a new set of questions"
the act of undergoing testing
- "he survived the great test of battle"
the act of testing something
a hard outer covering as of some amoebas and sea urchins
A challenge, trial.
A cupel or cupelling hearth in which precious metals are melted for trial and refinement.
An examination, given often during the academic term.
A session in which a product, piece of equipment, or system is examined under everyday or extreme conditions to evaluate its durability, etc.
A Test match.
The external calciferous shell, or endoskeleton, of an echinoderm, e.g. sand dollars and sea urchins; testa.
Testa; seed coat.
Judgment; distinction; discrimination.
A witness.
Clipping of testosterone.

Verb

Verb Forms: tested, testing, tests

To subject something to an examination or evaluation.
put to the test, as for its quality, or give experimental use to
- "Test this recipe"
test or examine for the presence of disease or infection
examine someone's knowledge of something
- "The teacher tests us every week"
show a certain characteristic when tested
- "He tested positive for HIV"
achieve a certain score or rating on a test
- "She tested high on the LSAT and was admitted to all the good law schools"
determine the presence or properties of (a substance)
undergo a test
- "She doesn't test well"
To challenge, to put a strain on (something).
To refine (gold, silver, etc.) in a test or cupel; to subject to cupellation.
To put to the proof; to prove the truth, genuineness, or quality of by experiment, or by some principle or standard; to try.
To administer or assign an examination, often given during the academic term, to (somebody).
To place a product or piece of equipment under everyday and/or extreme conditions and examine it for its durability, etc.
To be shown to be by test.
To examine or try, as by the use of some reagent.
To challenge (someone) to a fight.
To attest (a document) legally, and date it.
To make a testament, or will.

Examples

Climbing the mountain tested our stamina.
He decided to test his luck by playing a seven-letter word on a triple-word score.
He tested positive for cancer.
to test a solution by litmus paper
to test the soundness of a principle
to test the validity of an argument

Origin / Etymology

From Middle English test, teste, from Old French test, teste (“an earthen vessel, especially a pot in which metals were tried”), from Latin testum (“the lid of an earthen vessel, an earthen vessel, an earthen pot”), from *terstus, past participle of the root *tersa (“dry land”). See terra, thirst. The examination sense came via metaphor of the metallurgical sense - the way a metallurgist puts to the test their gold, a teacher may put to the test their students' knowledge.

Synonyms

essay, exam, examination, examine, mental test, mental testing, prove, psychometric test, quiz, run, screen, trial, trial run, try, try out, tryout, all one's life's worth, challenge, mountain, test

Antonyms

breeze, cakewalk, recess

Scrabble Score: 4

test: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Word
test: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
test: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 4

test: valid Words With Friends Word