test

CEFRA1

/tɛst/

noun · verb

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In plain English

  1. 01

    noun

    A set of questions or tasks used to measure ability.

  2. 02

    verb

    To check whether something works or is true.

Examples

  • I passed my driving test at the first attempt.

  • Now that you have passed your test, you can drive on your own.

At a glance

Sits at A1 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
2
Citations
5
Synonyms
5

Also pronounced

  • [tʰest]

Deep Dive

noun

Extra meanings

  1. A challenge, trial.

  2. An examination, given often during the academic term.

  3. A session in which a product, piece of equipment, or system is examined under everyday or extreme conditions to evaluate its durability, etc.

More examples

In context

  • You have only to study hard, and you will pass the test.

  • Climbing the mountain tested our stamina.

  • aptitude test

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Antonyms

Quick test

Two questions on this entry. Nothing is scored.

Question 1 · Quick check

I need to blank my new mobile phone before I start using it.

Practise this properly in the app, where the word comes back before you forget it.

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Origin

noun

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. Displaced Old English afandung.