Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to test
Participle: testne
Gerund: testing
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | test |
| you | test |
| he;she;it | testes |
| we | test |
| you | test |
| they | test |
Perfect
| I | have testne |
| you | have testne |
| he;she;it | has testne |
| we | have testne |
| you | have testne |
| they | have testne |
Past
| I | test |
| you | test |
| he;she;it | test |
| we | test |
| you | test |
| they | test |
Pluperfect
| I | had testne |
| you | had testne |
| he;she;it | had testne |
| we | had testne |
| you | had testne |
| they | had testne |
Future
| I | will test |
| you | will test |
| he;she;it | will test |
| we | will test |
| you | will test |
| they | will test |
Future Perfect
| I | will have testne |
| you | will have testne |
| he;she;it | will have testne |
| we | will have testne |
| you | will have testne |
| they | will have testne |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | test |
| you | test |
| he;she;it | test |
| we | test |
| you | test |
| they | test |
Perfect
| I | have testne |
| you | have testne |
| he;she;it | have testne |
| we | have testne |
| you | have testne |
| they | have testne |
Imperfect
| I | test |
| you | test |
| he;she;it | test |
| we | test |
| you | test |
| they | test |
Pluperfect
| I | had testne |
| you | had testne |
| he;she;it | had testne |
| we | had testne |
| you | had testne |
| they | had testne |
Conditional
Present
| I | would test |
| you | would test |
| he;she;it | would test |
| we | would test |
| you | would test |
| they | would test |
Perfect
| I | would have testne |
| you | would have testne |
| he;she;it | would have testne |
| we | would have testne |
| you | would have testne |
| they | would have testne |
Imperative
| you | test |
| we | Let's test |
| you | test |
Verbs similar to 'test'
best,
jest,
lest,
nest,
rest,
tent,
text,
vest,
west,
zest,
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. c.1386, "small vessel used in assaying precious metals," from O.Fr.
test, from L.
testum "earthen pot," related to
testa "piece of burned clay, earthen pot, shell" (cf. L.
testudo "tortoise") and
textere "to weave" (cf. Lith.
tistas "vessel made of willow twigs;" see texture). Sense of "trial or examination to determine the correctness of something" is recorded from 1594. The verb in this sense is from 1748. The connecting notion is "ascertaining the quality of a metal by melting it in a pot."
Test-tube is from 1846;
test-tube baby is recorded from 1935.
Test Act was the name given to various laws in Eng. history meant to exclude Catholics and Nonconformists from office, especially that of 1673, repealed 1828.
Test drive (v.) is first recorded 1954.
2. 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 her students' knowledge.
3. Displaced Old English afandung.
Verbs referencing "test"
Finnish with old forms
testata, Danish
teste, Norwegian
teste, Dutch
testen.
Sample Sentences
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Climbing the mountain tested our stamina.
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to test the soundness of a principle
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to test the validity of an argument
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September 17, 1796, George Washington, Farewell Address
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Experience is the surest standard by which to test the real tendency of the existing constitution.
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Similar studies of rats have employed four different intracranial resorbable, slow sustained release systems–[…]. Such a slow-release device containing angiogenic factors could be placed on the pia mater covering the cerebral cortex and tested in persons with senile dementia in long term studies. [2013 May-June, Charles T. Ambrose, “Alzheimer’s Disease”, in American Scientist, volume 101, number 3, archived from the original on 24 Apr 2013, page 200:]
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He tested positive for cancer.
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It is probable that children who test above 180 IQ are actually present in our juvenile population in greater frequency than at the rate of one in a million. [2015, Leta Stetter Hollingworth, Harry Levi Hollingworth, Children Above 180 IQ Stanford-Binet: Origin and Development:]
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to test a solution by litmus paper
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Back then, you couldn't rock any type of jewelry just like that, because someone was going to test you or rob you. If you were wearing a chain, you had to be someone who was known for shooting or cutting or knocking dudes the fuck out. And someone who didn’t know you may still try and test, so you couldn't really rely on your rep to save you every time. [2018, U-God [Lamont Hawkins], Raw: My Journey Into the Wu-Tang, New York, N.Y.: Picador, →ISBN, page 31:]
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I'm feelin' special, I might fly her out to LA, yeah / I got my weapon, it turn violent if you test me, yeah [2023 November 6, “Guapi” (1:44 from the start)performed by YoungBoy Never Broke Again:]