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test
A	noun
	1	test, trial, run
			the act of testing something; "in the experimental trials the amount of carbon was measured separately"; "he called each flip of the coin a new trial"
		Category Tree: act; human action; human activity ╚activity ╚attempt; effort; endeavor; endeavour; try ╚test, trial, run ╚Snellen test ╚pilot project; pilot program ╚MOT; MOT test; Ministry of Transportation test ╚fitting; try-on; trying on ╚field trial ╚audition; tryout ╚preclinical trial; preclinical test; preclinical phase ╚double blind ╚clinical trial; clinical test ╚assay
	2	test, trial
			the act of undergoing testing; "he survived the great test of battle"; "candidates must compete in a trial of skill"
		Category Tree: act; human action; human activity ╚activity ╚attempt; effort; endeavor; endeavour; try ╚test, trial
	3	test, mental test, mental testing, psychometric test
			any standardized procedure for measuring sensitivity or memory or intelligence or aptitude or personality etc; "the test was standardized on a large sample of students"
		Category Tree: act; human action; human activity ╚activity ╚measurement; measuring; measure; mensuration ╚mental measurement ╚test, mental test, mental testing, psychometric test ╚sub-test ╚personality test ╚intelligence test; IQ test
	4	test
			a hard outer covering as of some amoebas and sea urchins
		Category Tree: entity ╚object; physical object ╚natural object ╚covering; natural covering; cover ╚test
	5	trial, trial run, test, tryout
			trying something to find out about it; "a sample for ten days free trial"; "a trial of progesterone failed to relieve the pain"
		Category Tree: psychological feature ╚cognition; knowledge; noesis ╚process; cognitive process; mental process; operation; cognitive operation ╚higher cognitive process ╚thinking; thought; cerebration; intellection; mentation ╚problem solving ╚inquiry; enquiry; research ╚experiment; experimentation ╚trial, trial run, test, tryout ╚trial balloon ╚road test ╚beta test ╚alpha test ╚field trial; field test
	6	examination, exam, test
			a set of questions or exercises evaluating skill or knowledge; "when the test was stolen the professor had to make a new set of questions"
		Category Tree: act; human action; human activity ╚communication; communicating ╚examination, exam, test ╚preliminary examination; preliminary exam; prelim ╚oral; oral exam; oral examination; viva voce; viva ╚midterm examination; midterm exam; midterm ╚litmus test ╚final examination; final exam; final ╚entrance examination; entrance exam ╚bar examination; bar exam
B	verb
	1	test
			undergo a test; "She doesn't test well"
		Category Tree: act; move ╚react; respond ╚accept; consent; go for ╚permit; allow; let; countenance ╚digest; endure; stick out; stomach; bear; stand; tolerate; support; brook; abide; suffer; put up ╚take; undergo; submit ╚test
	2	quiz, test
			examine someone's knowledge of something; "The teacher tests us every week"; "We got quizzed on French irregular verbs"
		Category Tree: act; move ╚interact ╚communicate; intercommunicate ╚address; turn to ╚ask ╚question; query ╚examine ╚quiz, test
	3	test
			determine the presence or properties of (a substance)
		Category Tree: determine; check; find out; see; ascertain; watch; learn ╚test
	4	test
			achieve a certain score or rating on a test; "She tested high on the LSAT and was admitted to all the good law schools"
		Category Tree: succeed; win; come through; bring home the bacon; deliver the goods ╚achieve; accomplish; attain; reach ╚score ╚test
	5	test, prove, try, try out, examine, essay
			put to the test, as for its quality, or give experimental use to; "This approach has been tried with good results"; "Test this recipe"
		Category Tree: think; cogitate; cerebrate ╚judge ╚test, prove, try, try out, examine, essay ╚field-test ╚float ╚control; verify
	6	screen, test
			test or examine for the presence of disease or infection; "screen the blood for the HIV virus"
		Category Tree: examine; see ╚check ╚screen, test
	7	test
			show a certain characteristic when tested; "He tested positive for HIV"
		Category Tree: be ╚test

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