Bureaucrats are testing the waters over revising old regulations.
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Testing
/ˈtɛs.tɪŋ/
Synonyms for "testing" (120 found)
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Closest matches (24)
Noun(13 words)
examinationanalyze chemical sampleassay sampleassayingassessassessmentbetacantileveringcommissioningcurriculum area assessmentdiagnosticdiagnostic testingeducational measurement
analyticanalyticalcontestcontrolcontrol experimentcontrolled experimentcut and trycut-and-tryempirical
Verb(2 words)
challengedcollect water samples
Strong matches (36)
empiricismexaltedexaminationalexaminatorialexaminingexperimentexperimentalexperimental designexperimental methodexperimental proofexperimentalismexperimentationexplorationalexplorativeexploratoryfact findingfact-findingfeelinggroping
Noun(11 words)
evaluateevaluationevaluativeexaminativeexamineexperimentexperimentalexperimental conceptexperimental workexperimentingexplorations
Adjective(6 words)
experimental attributeexperimental network dataexperimental physicistsexperimental planexperimental signalexperimental trial
Related words (60)
heuristichit and misshit-or-missindagativeinspectionalinspectorialinvestigationalinvestigativeinvestigatorynoble experimentpilotpragmatismprobationaryprobativeprobatoryprovingprovisionalr and dresearch and developmentrule of thumb
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tentativetentative methodtentativenesstesttrialtrial and errortrial-and-errortryingverificatoryzetetic
Noun(28 words)
interrogationmaterial evaluationmodel evaluationmodel validationnatural-language understandingpilotpilot runquizquizzingsample vialscreeningshakedownsubjectingsubjecting studentstemptationstest codetest reagenttestabletoyingtrial
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Verb(2 words)
perform experimentstrialing
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More general
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19 entriesdiagnostic testingfield testfield testingfield triallab testinglaboratory testoral examoral testpilot studypilot testpilot testingprototype testquizstandardized teststandardized testingtrial run
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Collocations
13 entriesfield testingformative testingonline testingoral testingpilot testingpractice testingrigorous testingstandardized testingsummative testingtesting materialstesting protocoltesting resultstimed testing
Inflections
4 entriesDerivations
6 entriesSample sentences
12 total sentences available.
It is still in the testing stage.
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Testing Koko's IQ is not easy.
Source: tatoeba (61686)
The letters STEP stand for the Society for Testing English Proficiency.
Source: tatoeba (72182)
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