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- 1 A river in Hampshire, England, which empties into the Solent near Southampton.
- 1 A challenge, trial.
"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."
- 2 A witness. obsolete
"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."
- 3 Clipping of testosterone. abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, informal, slang, uncountable
- 4 A Test match.
- 5 Acronym of Treadmill Exercise Stress Test. abbreviation, acronym, alt-of
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- 6 Abbreviation of testosterone. abbreviation, alt-of, uncountable
- 7 the act of testing something wordnet
- 8 A cupel or cupelling hearth in which precious metals are melted for trial and refinement.
- 9 the act of undergoing testing wordnet
- 10 An examination, given often during the academic term.
- 11 any standardized procedure for measuring sensitivity or memory or intelligence or aptitude or personality etc wordnet
- 12 A session in which a product, piece of equipment, or system is examined under everyday or extreme conditions to evaluate its durability, etc.
"It's Christmas at ground zero / The button has been pressed / The radio / Just let us know / That this is not a test"
- 13 a hard outer covering as of some amoebas and sea urchins wordnet
- 14 A Test match.
- 15 trying something to find out about it wordnet
- 16 The external calciferous shell, or endoskeleton, of an echinoderm, e.g. sand dollars and sea urchins; testa.
- 17 a set of questions or exercises evaluating skill or knowledge wordnet
- 18 Testa; seed coat.
- 19 Judgment; distinction; discrimination. obsolete
"Who would excel, when few can make a test / Betwixt indifferent writing and the best?"
- 1 To challenge, to put a strain on (something).
"Climbing the mountain tested our stamina."
- 2 To attest (a document) legally, and date it. obsolete, transitive
- 3 undergo a test wordnet
- 4 To refine (gold, silver, etc.) in a test or cupel; to subject to cupellation.
- 5 To make a testament, or will. intransitive, obsolete
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- 6 examine someone's knowledge of something wordnet
- 7 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"
- 8 determine the presence or properties of (a substance) wordnet
- 9 To administer or assign an examination, often given during the academic term, to (somebody).
- 10 achieve a certain score or rating on a test wordnet
- 11 To place a product or piece of equipment under everyday and/or extreme conditions and examine it for its durability, etc.
"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."
- 12 put to the test, as for its quality, or give experimental use to wordnet
- 13 To be shown to be by test. copulative
"He tested positive for cancer."
- 14 test or examine for the presence of disease or infection wordnet
- 15 To examine or try, as by the use of some reagent.
"to test a solution by litmus paper"
- 16 show a certain characteristic when tested wordnet
- 17 To challenge (someone) to a fight. intransitive, slang, transitive
"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."
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 his gold, a teacher may put to the test their students' knowledge.
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 his gold, a teacher may put to the test their students' knowledge.
From Middle English teste, from Old French teste, test and Latin testis (“one who attests, a witness”).
From Middle English teste, from Old French teste, test and Latin testis (“one who attests, a witness”).
The river is first attested 877 as Terstan. The name is of Brythonic origin, possibly related to Welsh trais (“violence, battle”).
The river is first attested 877 as Terstan. The name is of Brythonic origin, possibly related to Welsh trais (“violence, battle”).
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