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How to pronounce test
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What does test mean?
nounA challenge, trial.
An examination, given often during the academic term.
A session in which a product, piece of equipment, or system is examined under everyday or extreme conditions to evaluate its durability, etc.
“It's Christmas at ground zero / The button has been pressed / The radio / Just let us know / That this is not a test”
verbTo 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 validity of an argument”
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