adj
Meaning 1
Difficult; tough.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- A testing time lies ahead for the new administration.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
testing
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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/ˈtɛs.tɪŋ/
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[ˈthɛs.tɪŋ]
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rhymes with -ɛstɪŋ
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CMU ARPABET: T EH1 S T IH0 NG Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
noun
Meaning 2
The act of conducting a test; trialing, proving.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 3
present participle and gerund of test
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: form-of, gerund, participle, present
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 4
the act of giving students or candidates a test (as by questions) to determine what they know or have learned
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: examination
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: investigation, investigating
Narrower terms: eleven-plus, 11-plus
noun
Meaning 5
the act of subjecting to experimental test in order to determine how well something works
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- they agreed to end the testing of atomic weapons
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: experiment, experimentation
noun
Meaning 6
an examination of the characteristics of something
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- there are laboratories for commercial testing
- it involved testing thousands of children for smallpox
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: examination, scrutiny
Narrower terms: screening
History
Etymology
No etymology was provided for this word.
Across languages
Translations
12 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Belarusian: тэсці́раванне (tescíravannje) — the act of conducting a test
- Czech: testování — the act of conducting a test
- Finnish: testaus — the act of conducting a test
- Finnish: koestus — the act of conducting a test
- French: test — the act of conducting a test
- Italian: prova — the act of conducting a test
- Polish: testowanie — the act of conducting a test
- Portuguese: teste — the act of conducting a test
- Russian: тести́рование (testírovanije) — the act of conducting a test
- Spanish: prueba — the act of conducting a test
- Turkish: test etme — the act of conducting a test
- Ukrainian: тестува́ння (testuvánnja) — the act of conducting a test
Real reading context