noun
1 examination of sb's knowledge/ability
ADJ.
demanding, difficult, gruelling | easy, simple | fair, good, objective
This type of exam does not provide a fair test of the student's knowledge.
| listening, oral, practical, written | cloze, multiple-choice | placement
He scored well in the placement test and was put in the most advanced class.
| achievement, aptitude, endurance, intelligence, IQ, language, memory, mental, proficiency, spelling
The recruits were put through a week of gruelling endurance tests.
| driving | screen
Three actors out of a hundred were chosen from the screen test.
VERB + TEST
do, sit (for), take
I took my driving test last week.
| pass | fail | give, set | administer | mark
TEST + NOUN
result | conditions
As a final practice for the exam, they had to write two essays under test conditions.
| paper, questions
PREP.
in a/the ~
Some of the questions in the history test were rather difficult.
| ~ in
a test in mathematics
| ~ on
a test on the French Revolution
2 experiment/medical examination
ADJ.
exhaustive, extensive, rigorous, stringent, thorough | statistical | empirical, experimental | field, laboratory | successful | negative, positive | medical | screening
screening tests for cancer
| diagnostic | forensic
Forensic tests showed that the man had been poisoned.
| eye, sight | hearing | blood, DNA, skin, urine | dope, drug/drugs | fitness | breath, breathalyser | smear
The government has launched a campaign advising women of the need for regular smear tests.
| HIV | pregnancy | personality, psychological, psychometric | lie-detector, polygraph | means | flight, road, safety | atomic, nuclear | alpha, beta
The revolutionary new system goes into beta test this month.
QUANT.
number, series
She underwent a series of blood tests.
VERB + TEST
have, undergo | do, | use
The test used in detecting the disease carries its own risks.
| fail
Three athletes were sent home after failing drugs tests.
TEST + VERB
take place | confirm sth, indicate sth, reveal sth, show sth
The urine test showed some sort of infection.
| prove negative/positive | come into force
The new safety test came into force last month.
| be designed to
a test designed to detect bowel cancer
TEST + NOUN
result
a negative/positive test result
| data | conditions
The machine refused to perform properly under test conditions.
| bed
The company is using the university data library as a test bed for its new software.
| site
protesters at nuclear test sites
| facility | drive, flight, run
He's taken the car out on a test run.
| driver, pilot | aircraft, car | trial
The new drink went down well in the test trials.
| methods, procedures | system | performance | subject | equipment, instruments, kit, machine | samples, substances | programme, schedule | phase, stage
The software is still at the test stage.
| session
Subjects had to attend ten test sessions on different days.
| certificate
The vehicle did not have a current test certificate at the time of the accident.
| case
This was the first action taken by a cancer sufferer against a tobacco company, and was seen as a test case.
PREP.
~ for
a test for diabetes
| ~ on
a test on the engine
3 shows how good, strong, effective, etc. sb/sth is
ADJ.
good | critical, crucial, key, real, supreme, true, ultimate, vital
a real test of character
| serious, severe, stiff, tough | simple | objective | subjective | political
VERB + TEST
pose
The calls for tax reform pose a severe test for the government.
| put sb/sth to
The latest pay dispute has really put her management skills to the test.
| face
The new prime minister is facing his toughest political test so far.
TEST + NOUN
case
PHRASES
the acid test
(= a way of
carry out, conduct, perform, run
Rigorous safety tests are being carried out on the new jet.deciding whether sth is successful or true)Whether he would accept a pay cut would be the acid test of his loyalty to the company.
| stand the test of time
Whether this new technology will stand the test of time remains to be seen.
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