test
English
editPronunciation
edit- (Received Pronunciation, General American) IPA(key): /tɛst/, [tʰɛst]
Audio (Received Pronunciation); “a test”: (file) Audio (General American): (file) - (New Zealand, General South African) IPA(key): [tʰest]
- Rhymes: -ɛst
Etymology 1
editFrom 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.
Noun
edittest (plural tests)
- A challenge, trial.
- 2012 March-April, Colin Allen, “Do I See What You See?”, in American Scientist[1], volume 100, number 2, archived from the original on 26 April 2012, page 168:
- Numerous experimental tests and other observations have been offered in favor of animal mind reading, and although many scientists are skeptical, others assert that humans are not the only species capable of representing what others do and don’t perceive and know.
- A cupel or cupelling hearth in which precious metals are melted for trial and refinement.
- (academia) 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.
- 1986, "Weird Al" Yankovic (lyrics and music), “Christmas at Ground Zero”, in Polka Party![2]:
- It's Christmas at ground zero / The button has been pressed / The radio / Just let us know / That this is not a test
- (cricket, normally "Test") A Test match.
- (marine biology) The external calciferous shell, or endoskeleton, of an echinoderm, e.g. sand dollars and sea urchins.
Two sea urchin tests - (botany) Testa; seed coat.
- (obsolete) Judgment; distinction; discrimination.
- 1675, John Dryden, Aureng-zebe: A Tragedy. […], London: […] T[homas] N[ewcomb] for Henry Herringman, […], published 1676, →OCLC, (please specify the page number):
- Who would excel, when few can make a test / Betwixt indifferent writing and the best?
Synonyms
edit- (challenge, trial): See Thesaurus:test
- (academics: examination): examination, quiz
Antonyms
edit- (antonym(s) of “academics: examination”): recess
Hyponyms
editDerived terms
edit- A/B test
- Abel test
- acceptance test
- air puff test
- alpha test
- alternating series test
- Becchi's test
- Bechdel test
- beep test
- Beilstein test
- bench test
- beta test
- bleeding time test
- bleep test
- blind test
- Blockburger test
- blot test
- borax bead test
- Bourne test
- brake test
- breath test
- brown bag test
- brown paper bag test
- central location test
- Charpy impact test
- chi-square test
- comb test
- Coombs test
- Cooper test
- copy test
- crash test
- crash test dummy
- day-after recall test
- device under test
- Dick test
- diehard test
- dielectric withstand test
- Dix-Hallpike test
- DNA test
- double-blind test
- Draize test
- driving test
- drug test
- DUT
- elk test
- emissions test
- eye test
- field sobriety test
- field-test
- final test
- flash test
- flood test
- fluorine test
- foretest
- Friedman test
- fuzz test
- Griess test
- Grubbs' test
- Guthrie test
- hall test
- Heaf test
- high-test
- high-test peroxide
- hit test
- hole-board test
- hot iron test
- Howey test
- ignition tube test
- Ishihara test
- Izod test
- Kesternich test
- Knoop test
- KPSS test
- Kwiatkowski-Phillips-Schmidt-Shin test
- Lachman test
- lateral flow test
- Lemon test
- limit comparison test
- liver function test
- Lüscher test
- Mako Mori test
- Mann-Whitney U test
- Mantoux test
- Marechal-Rosin test
- Marechal's test
- maternity test
- means test
- means-test
- Miller test
- mirror test
- Molisch's test
- mom test
- Montenegro test
- Mooney face test
- moose test
- Mullen test
- Mull of Kintyre test
- Murphy's test
- nerdity test
- nonstress test
- nucleic acid test
- oil test
- open-field test
- oral test
- oscillating wave test system
- Palko test
- Papanicolaou test
- paper bag test
- Pap test
- pap test
- paraffin test
- patch test
- paternity test
- pencil test
- penetration test
- pen test
- perfect gold standard test
- placement test
- platelet function test
- poppy seed test
- postcoital test
- Potter Stewart test
- precipitin test
- pregnancy test
- pre-test
- prick test
- pub test
- pulmonary function test
- purity test
- put to the test
- rabbit test
- rape test kit
- rapid antigen test
- RAT test
- red face test
- reverse Turing test
- Rinne test
- road test
- road-test
- Rogers test
- Rorschach inkblot test
- saliva test
- Sally-Anne test
- salt spray test
- sanity test
- Schamroth's test
- Schick test
- Schwabach test
- screen test
- self-test
- sequential probability ratio test
- shit test
- shovel test
- Sims test
- sitting-rising test
- smear test
- Snellen test
- soak test
- Sobel test
- spark test
- speaking test
- split test
- spot test
- stand the test of time
- straight-face test
- straight face test
- Stroop test
- Student's t test
- Student's t-test
- sub-test
- surprise test paradox
- Szondi test
- Tan Delta test
- taste-test
- teach to the test
- Tecumseh step test
- test and trace
- test bed
- test bench
- test card
- test case
- test cross
- test data
- test depth
- test double
- test drive
- test-drive
- test-driven development
- tester
- test-fire
- test firing
- test flight
- test-fly
- test harness
- test match
- test of time
- test paper
- test-paper
- test pattern
- test pilot
- test portion
- test pressing
- test-retest method
- test run
- test site
- test someone's patience
- test subject
- test suite
- test track
- test tube
- test tube baby
- test-tube baby
- Thomas test
- tilt table test
- time test
- tine test
- torture-test
- Tower of London test
- trade test
- transfer test
- triangle test
- triple test
- t-test
- t test
- Tukey's honest significance test
- Tukey's range test
- Tukey's test
- Turing test
- unit test
- Wada test
- Wald test
- Wassermann test
- Weber test
- white glove test
- white-glove test
- Widal test
- Winkler test
- Winogradsky test
- z-test
Descendants
edit- → Azerbaijani: test
- → Catalan: test
- → Czech: test
- → Danish: test
- → Dutch: test
- → Finnish: testi
- → French: test
- → German: Test
- → Hungarian: teszt
- → Italian: test
- → Japanese: テスト (tesuto)
- → Korean: 테스트 (teseuteu)
- → Macedonian: тест (test)
- → Norwegian: test
- → Persian: تست (test)
- → Polish: test
- → Portuguese: teste
- → Romanian: test
- → Russian: тест (test)
- → Serbo-Croatian:
- → Slovene: test
- → Spanish: test
- → Swedish: test
- → Turkish: test
- → Ukrainian: тест (test)
Translations
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Verb
edittest (third-person singular simple present tests, present participle testing, simple past and past participle tested)
- To challenge, to put a strain on (something).
- Climbing the mountain tested our stamina.
- 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 test the soundness of a principle
- to test the validity of an argument
- September 17, 1796, George Washington, Farewell Address
- Experience is the surest standard by which to test the real tendency of the existing constitution.
- (academics) 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.
- 2013 May-June, Charles T. Ambrose, “Alzheimer’s Disease”, in American Scientist[3], volume 101, number 3, archived from the original on 24 April 2013, page 200:
- Similar studies of rats have employed four different intracranial resorbable, slow sustained release systems– […]. Such a slow-release device containing angiogenic factors could be placed on the pia mater covering the cerebral cortex and tested in persons with senile dementia in long term studies.
- (copulative) To be shown to be by test.
- He tested positive for cancer.
- 2015, Leta Stetter Hollingworth, Harry Levi Hollingworth, Children Above 180 IQ Stanford-Binet: Origin and Development:
- It is probable that children who test above 180 IQ are actually present in our juvenile population in greater frequency than at the rate of one in a million.
- (chemistry) To examine or try, as by the use of some reagent.
- to test a solution by litmus paper
- (intransitive, transitive, slang) To challenge (someone) to a fight.
- 2018, U-God [Lamont Hawkins], Raw: My Journey Into the Wu-Tang, New York, N.Y.: Picador, →ISBN, page 31:
- Back then, you couldn't rock any type of jewelry just like that, because someone was going to test you or rob you. If you were wearing a chain, you had to be someone who was known for shooting or cutting or knocking dudes the fuck out. And someone who didn’t know you may still try and test, so you couldn't really rely on your rep to save you every time.
- 2023 November 6, “Guapi” (1:44 from the start)[4]performed by YoungBoy Never Broke Again:
- I'm feelin' special, I might fly her out to LA, yeah / I got my weapon, it turn violent if you test me, yeah
Conjugation
editinfinitive | (to) test | ||
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present tense | past tense | ||
1st-person singular | test | tested | |
2nd-person singular | test, testest† | tested, testedst† | |
3rd-person singular | tests, testeth† | tested | |
plural | test | ||
subjunctive | test | tested | |
imperative | test | — | |
participles | testing | tested |
Derived terms
editDescendants
edit- German: testen
Translations
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Etymology 2
editFrom Middle English teste, from Old French teste, test and Latin testis (“one who attests, a witness”).
Noun
edittest (plural tests)
- (obsolete) A witness.
- 1523-1525, John Bourchier, 2nd Baron Berners, Froissart's Chronicles
- Prelates and great lords of England, who were for the more surety tests of that deed.
- 1523-1525, John Bourchier, 2nd Baron Berners, Froissart's Chronicles
Verb
edittest (third-person singular simple present tests, present participle testing, simple past and past participle tested)
- (obsolete, transitive) To attest (a document) legally, and date it.
- (obsolete, intransitive) To make a testament, or will.
Related terms
editEtymology 3
editClipping of testosterone.
Noun
edittest (uncountable)
Further reading
edit- “test”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
- “test”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
Anagrams
editBreton
editNoun
edittest
Catalan
editPronunciation
editEtymology 1
editInherited from Latin testum (“earthenware pot”), from testa (“piece of burnt clay”). Cognate with Spanish tiesto.
Noun
edittest m (plural testos)
Derived terms
editRelated terms
editEtymology 2
editNoun
edittest m (plural tests)
- test (exam or challenge)
Derived terms
editRelated terms
editFurther reading
edit- “test” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “test”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
Czech
editEtymology
editPronunciation
editNoun
edittest m inan
Declension
editDerived terms
editFurther reading
editDanish
editEtymology
editPronunciation
editNoun
edittest c (singular definite testen, plural indefinite tests)
- A test, assessment or examination.
Declension
editSynonyms
editDerived terms
editReferences
edit- “test” in Den Danske Ordbog
Dutch
editPronunciation
editEtymology 1
editNoun
edittest m (plural testen or tests, diminutive testje n)
Synonyms
editDerived terms
editDescendants
edit- → Indonesian: tes
Verb
edittest
- inflection of testen:
Etymology 2
editFrom Middle Dutch test, from Old French test, from Latin testum, from testa.
Noun
edittest m (plural testen or tests, diminutive testje n)
Derived terms
editDescendants
edit- Afrikaans: tessie
French
editPronunciation
editEtymology 1
editFrom Old French test, from Latin testum. The orthography of this form reflects semi-learned influence; compare the doublet têt.
Noun
edittest m (plural tests)
- test, a cupel or cupelling hearth in which precious metals are melted for trial and refinement
- (marine biology) test, the external calciferous shell, or endoskeleton, of an echinoderm
Etymology 2
editBorrowed from English test, itself from the same Old French test as above.
Noun
edittest m (plural tests)
Derived terms
editFurther reading
edit- “test”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Hungarian
editEtymology
editOf unknown origin.[1]
Pronunciation
editNoun
edittest (plural testek)
Declension
editInflection (stem in -e-, front unrounded harmony) | ||
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singular | plural | |
nominative | test | testek |
accusative | testet | testeket |
dative | testnek | testeknek |
instrumental | testtel | testekkel |
causal-final | testért | testekért |
translative | testté | testekké |
terminative | testig | testekig |
essive-formal | testként | testekként |
essive-modal | — | — |
inessive | testben | testekben |
superessive | testen | testeken |
adessive | testnél | testeknél |
illative | testbe | testekbe |
sublative | testre | testekre |
allative | testhez | testekhez |
elative | testből | testekből |
delative | testről | testekről |
ablative | testtől | testektől |
non-attributive possessive - singular |
testé | testeké |
non-attributive possessive - plural |
testéi | testekéi |
Possessive forms of test | ||
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possessor | single possession | multiple possessions |
1st person sing. | testem | testeim |
2nd person sing. | tested | testeid |
3rd person sing. | teste | testei |
1st person plural | testünk | testeink |
2nd person plural | testetek | testeitek |
3rd person plural | testük | testeik |
Derived terms
editReferences
edit- ^ test in Zaicz, Gábor (ed.). Etimológiai szótár: Magyar szavak és toldalékok eredete (‘Dictionary of Etymology: The origin of Hungarian words and affixes’). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2006, →ISBN. (See also its 2nd edition.)
Further reading
edit- test in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (‘The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN
Italian
editEtymology
editUnadapted borrowing from English test.
Pronunciation
editNoun
edittest m (invariable)
Ladin
editNoun
edittest m (plural [please provide])
Latvian
editVerb
edittest (?? missing information, ?? conjugation, present ??, past ??)
- to beat
- to knock about
- to flog
Maltese
editEtymology
editBorrowed from English test, ultimately from Latin testum.
Pronunciation
editNoun
edittest m (plural testijiet)
- test (examination)
- Għamluli test tad-droga. ― They did a drug test on me.
Related terms
editNorwegian Bokmål
editEtymology 1
editNoun
edittest m (definite singular testen, indefinite plural tester, definite plural testene)
- a test
Derived terms
editRelated terms
editEtymology 2
editVerb
edittest
- imperative of teste
References
edit- “test” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
editEtymology
editNoun
edittest m (definite singular testen, indefinite plural testar, definite plural testane)
- a test
Derived terms
editReferences
edit- “test” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Old French
editEtymology
editNoun
edittest oblique singular, m (oblique plural tez or tetz, nominative singular tez or tetz, nominative plural test)
- (uncountable) clay
- (countable) a pot, usually made out of clay
Descendants
editReferences
edit- Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l’ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IXe au XVe siècle (1881) (test)
Polish
editEtymology
editBorrowed from English test, from Middle English test, teste, from Old French test, teste, from Latin testum, from *terstus.
Pronunciation
editNoun
edittest m inan
- (education) examination, exam, test (formal test)
- Synonyms: egzamin, sprawdzian
Declension
editFurther reading
editRomanian
editEtymology
editNoun
edittest n (plural teste)
Declension
editSerbo-Croatian
editPronunciation
editNoun
edittȅst m (Cyrillic spelling те̏ст)
Declension
editSpanish
editEtymology
editPronunciation
editNoun
edittest m (plural test)
- test
- Synonym: prueba
- multiple-choice test, multiple-choice question
- Synonyms: (Spain) examen tipo test, examen de opción múltiple
Usage notes
edit- The plural form tests is nonstandard.
Derived terms
editFurther reading
edit- “test”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
- tests | Definición | Diccionario de la lengua española | RAE - ASALE
Swedish
editEtymology 1
editNoun
edittest c or n
- a test, an examination, a trial
- a test, an attempt, an experiment
Declension
editDeclension of test | ||||
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Singular | Plural | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | test | testet | test | testen |
Genitive | tests | testets | tests | testens |
Declension of test | ||||
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Singular | Plural | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | test | testen | tester | testerna |
Genitive | tests | testens | testers | testernas |
Synonyms
editDerived terms
editRelated terms
editEtymology 2
edit(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Noun
edittest c
- a tuft or lock of hair
Declension
editDeclension of test | ||||
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Singular | Plural | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | test | testen | testar | testarna |
Genitive | tests | testens | testars | testarnas |
Synonyms
editDerived terms
editFurther reading
edit- test in Svenska Akademiens ordböcker
- test in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)
Anagrams
editTurkish
editEtymology
editPronunciation
editNoun
edittest (definite accusative testi, plural testler)
- test
- An exam consisting of multiple-choice questions with 3, 4 or 5 choices, labeled a through e.
Declension
editInflection | ||
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Nominative | test | |
Definite accusative | testi | |
Singular | Plural | |
Nominative | test | testler |
Definite accusative | testi | testleri |
Dative | teste | testlere |
Locative | testte | testlerde |
Ablative | testten | testlerden |
Genitive | testin | testlerin |
Derived terms
edit- English 1-syllable words
- English terms with IPA pronunciation
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- Rhymes:English/ɛst
- Rhymes:English/ɛst/1 syllable
- English terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- English terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *ters-
- English terms inherited from Middle English
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- en:Cricket
- en:Marine biology
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- en:Chemistry
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- English slang
- English clippings
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- en:Bodybuilding
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- ca:Containers
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- fr:Marine biology
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- Rhymes:Hungarian/ɛʃt
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- hu:Anatomy
- hu:Geometry
- hu:Algebra
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- Rhymes:Italian/ɛst
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- Norwegian Nynorsk terms derived from English
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- Old French terms inherited from Latin
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- pl:Education
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