testing
te sting
- n the act of subjecting to experimental test in order to determine how well something works
they agreed to end the testing of atomic weapons - n an examination of the characteristics of something
there are laboratories for commercial testing
it involved testing thousands of children for smallpox - n the act of giving students or candidates a test (as by questions) to determine what they know or have learned
- v put to the test, as for its quality, or give experimental use to
- v test or examine for the presence of disease or infection
- v examine someone's knowledge of something
- v show a certain characteristic when tested
- v achieve a certain score or rating on a test
- v determine the presence or properties of (a substance)
- v undergo a test
- Before meeting with Anne Wojcicki, co-founder of a consumer gene-testing service called 23andMe, I know just three things about her: she's pregnant, she's married to Google's .
- As the debate over high-stakes school testing intensifies, new studies show parents want tests but don't want them to mean so much.