test
To challenge, to put a strain onTo challenge, to put a strain on (something).
» The whole class passed the test.
Весь класс сдал экзамен.
Увесь клас склав іспит.
Meaning
10 sensesTo 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
To administer or assign an examination, often given during the academic term, to (somebody).
prüfen
тести́роватьtɛstírovatʹ, протести́роватьprotɛstírovatʹ
трестува́тиtrestuváty
To place a product or piece of equipment under everyday and/or extreme conditions and examine it for its durability, etc.
erproben
тести́роватьtɛstírovatʹ, протести́роватьprotɛstírovatʹ, испы́тыватьispýtyvatʹ
тестува́тиtestuváty, відтестува́тиvidtestuváty, випробо́вуватиvyprobóvuvaty
(copulative)To be shown to be by test.
He tested positive for cancer.
aufzeigen, erweisen
undergo a test
To examine or try, as by the use of some reagent.
to test a solution by litmus paper
examine someone's knowledge of something
(intransitive, slang, transitive)To challenge (someone) to a fight.
fordern, abverlangen, provozieren
испы́тыватьispýtyvatʹ, испыта́тьispytátʹ, тести́роватьtɛstírovatʹ
випробовуватиvyprobovuvaty, тестуватиtestuvaty
(obsolete, transitive)To attest (a document) legally, and date it.
(intransitive, obsolete)To make a testament, or will.
Examples
2360 sentencesThe whole class passed the test.
Увесь клас склав іспит. — brambury
ruВесь класс сдал экзамен. — Hellerick
The teacher handed out the tests.
Вчитель роздав тести. — aandrusiak
Of course she passed the test.
Звичайно ж, вона здала екзамен. — deniko
ruКонечно, она сдала экзамен. — marafon
deNatürlich hat sie die Prüfung bestanden. — stupiddog
All the students passed the test.
Всі студенти здали тест. — deniko
ruВсе ученики сдали тест. — fjay69
Did Tom study for today's test?
Том готувався до сьогоднішнього іспиту? — deniko
ruТом готовился к сегодняшнему зачёту? — marafon
Translations
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Origin
From Middle English test, teste, from Old French test, teste (“an earthen vessel, especialFrom 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.
From Middle English teste, from Old French teste, test and Latin testis (“one who attests, a witness”).
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Forms
tests, testing, tested, testedSynonyms
7 synonymsWord family
24 related wordsLessons for this word
3 lessons- B1School and university — Because the lesson uses it
- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
Collocations
12 patterns- pass the test
- on the test
- failed the test
- for the test
- his driving test
- driving test
- a test tomorrow
- on today's test
- test tomorrow
- take the test
- have a test
- the test results