testnoun [ C ]
uk/test/us/test/A1 a way of discovering, by questions or practical activities, what someone knows, or what someone or something can do or is like:
B1 a medical examination of part of your body in order to find out how healthy it is or what is happening with it:
an act of using something to find out if it is working correctly or how effective it is:
B2 a situation that shows how good something is:
a test match :
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- We're revising algebra for the test tomorrow.
- She scored 18 out of 20 in the spelling test.
- She's been trying to pass her driving test for six years and she's finally succeeded.
- The medical tests showed some variation in the baby's heart rate.
- Candidates who are successful in the written test will be invited for an interview.
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Exams, tests & exercises
- achievement test
- AP
- cloze test
- comprehension
- entrance exam
- exercise
- fail
- flunk
- IB
- IELTS
- invigilate
- mock
- oral
- prelim
- resat
- resit
- road test
- sit
- TOEFL
- trial
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Idiom(s)
testverb [ T ]
uk/test/us/test/B2 to do something in order to discover if something is safe, works correctly, etc., or if something is present:
B1 to give someone a set of questions, in order to measure their knowledge or ability:
B2 If a situation tests someone, it proves how good, strong, etc. they are:
to do a medical examination of part of someone's body or of a particular physical ability
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- The fire alarm is tested every week.
- The drug is still being tested and will not go into commercial production for at least two years.
- You need to have your eyesight tested.
- This piece of equipment is used to test alcohol levels in the blood.
- They test the car tyres on a motor racing circuit.
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Testing, checking and experimenting
- assay
- check
- check sth out
- check up on sb
- collector
- crosscheck
- feeler
- inspect
- inspection
- inspector
- pace
- play around with sth
- screen
- spy
- spy out the land idiom
- test sth out
- tester
- trial
- trial run
- try-out
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