1. • noun - trying something to find out about it
   • noun - any standardized procedure for measuring sensitivity or memory or intelligence or aptitude or personality etc
   • noun - a set of questions or exercises evaluating skill or knowledge
   • noun - the act of undergoing testing
   • noun - the act of testing something
   • noun - a hard outer covering as of some amoebas and sea urchins
   • verb - put to the test, as for its quality, or give experimental use to
   • verb - test or examine for the presence of disease or infection
   • verb - examine someone's knowledge of something
   • verb - show a certain characteristic when tested
   • verb - achieve a certain score or rating on a test
   • verb - determine the presence or properties of (a substance)
   • verb - undergo a test
2. • A procedure for critical evaluation; a means of determining the presence, quality, or truth of something; a trial: a test of one’s eyesight; subjecting a hypothesis to a test; a test of an athlete’s endurance.
   • A series of questions, problems, or physical responses designed to determine knowledge, intelligence, or ability.
   • A basis for evaluation or judgment: “A test of democratic government is how Congress and the president work together” (Haynes Johnson).
   • Chemistry.
   • A physical or chemical change by which a substance may be detected or its properties ascertained.
   • A reagent used to cause or promote such a change.
   • A positive result obtained.
   • A cupel.
   • To subject to a test; try: tested the pen by scribbling on scrap paper; testing each mango for ripeness by pressing and smelling it; testing job applicants.
   • To determine the presence or properties of (a substance).
   • To assay (metal) in a cupel.
   • To undergo a test.
   • To administer a test: test for acid content; test for the presence of an antibody.
   • To achieve a score or rating on tests: took the entrance examinations and tested high.
   • To exhibit a given characteristic when subjected to a test: test positive for the tubercle bacillus.
   • A hard external covering, as that of certain amoebas, dinoflagellates, and sea urchins.
3. • adj - to subject to an examination [v -ED, -ING, -S] : TESTABLE

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