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Noun test has 6 senses
- test, mental test, mental testing, psychometric test - 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"
--1 is a kind of mental measurement
--1 has particulars: intelligence test, IQ test; personality test; sub-test
- test, trial, run - the act of testing something; "in the experimental trials the amount of carbon was measured separately"; "he called each flip of the coin a new trial"
--2 is a kind of attempt, effort, endeavor, endeavour, try
--2 has particulars:
- test, trial - the act of undergoing testing; "he survived the great test of battle"; "candidates must compete in a trial of skill"
--3 is a kind of attempt, effort, endeavor, endeavour, try
- trial, trial run, test, tryout - trying something to find out about it; "a sample for ten days free trial"; "a trial of progesterone failed to relieve the pain"
--4 is a kind of experiment, experimentation
--4 has particulars:
- examination, exam, test - 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"
--5 is a kind of communication, communicating
--5 has particulars: | | bar examination, bar exam; entrance examination, entrance exam; final examination, final exam, final; litmus test; midterm examination, midterm exam, midterm; oral, oral exam, oral examination, viva voce, viva; preliminary examination, preliminary exam, prelim; quiz; test paper, examination paper, exam paper, question sheet; tripos |
- test - a hard outer covering as of some amoebas and sea urchins
--6 is a kind of covering, natural covering, cover
Verb test has 7 senses
- test, prove, try, try out, examine, essay - put to the test, as for its quality, or give experimental use to; "This approach has been tried with good results"; "Test this recipe"
--1 is one way to judge
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- screen, test - test or examine for the presence of disease or infection; "screen the blood for the HIV virus"
--2 is one way to check
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Somebody ----s somebody
- quiz, test - examine someone's knowledge of something; "The teacher tests us every week"; "We got quizzed on French irregular verbs"
--3 is one way to examine
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Somebody ----s somebody
Somebody ----s somebody PP
- test - show a certain characteristic when tested; "He tested positive for HIV"
--4 is one way to be
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- test - achieve a certain score or rating on a test; "She tested high on the LSAT and was admitted to all the good law schools"
--5 is one way to score
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- test - determine the presence or properties of (a substance)
--6 is one way to determine, check, find out, see, ascertain, watch, learn
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- test - undergo a test; "She doesn't test well"
--7 is one way to take, undergo, submit
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