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TESTING
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The act of giving students or candidates a test (as by questions) to determine what they know or have learned
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("testing" is a kind of...):
investigating; investigation (the work of inquiring into something thoroughly and systematically)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "testing"):
11-plus; eleven-plus ((formerly in Britain) an examination taken by 11 and 12 year old students to select suitable candidates for grammar school)
Derivation:
test (examine someone's knowledge of something)
Sense 2
Meaning:
The act of subjecting to experimental test in order to determine how well something works
Example:
they agreed to end the testing of atomic weapons
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("testing" is a kind of...):
experiment; experimentation (the act of conducting a controlled test or investigation)
Derivation:
test (put to the test, as for its quality, or give experimental use to)
Sense 3
Meaning:
An examination of the characteristics of something
Example:
it involved testing thousands of children for smallpox
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("testing" is a kind of...):
examination; scrutiny (the act of examining something closely (as for mistakes))
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "testing"):
screening (testing objects or persons in order to identify those with particular characteristics)
Derivation:
test (determine the presence or properties of (a substance))
test (show a certain characteristic when tested)
II. (verb)
Sense 1
-ing form of the verb test
Context examples:
Further testing can verify whether your baby has the condition.
(Newborn Screening, NIH: National Institute of Child Health and Human Development)
After a certain amount of time, samples are taken to be sent to a laboratory for testing.
(Pancreatic function test, NCI Dictionary)
The archers stood in groups about the decks, new-stringing their bows, and testing that they were firm at the nocks.
(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
Genetic testing is also used to diagnose NF1 and NF2.
(Neurofibromatosis, NIH: National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke)
More testing may be needed to make sure a negative test result is correct.
(Negative test result, NCI Dictionary)
An isotype-matched monoclonal antibody that is used as a control when testing other monoclonal antibodies.
(Monoclonal Antibody BL-3, NCI Thesaurus)
Genetic testing can identify individuals with the trait in early infancy.
(Multiple Endocrine Neoplasia Type 2A, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)
The product is expected to undergo clinical testing by the end of next year and be made available in the market in 2020.
(New HIV medicine under development for children in Brazil, Agência Brasil/EBC)
More testing, such as an HPV test, may be needed.
(ASCUS, NCI Dictionary)
Testing aspects, like this one, will lead you to a stronger situation by asking you either to re-commit to that person, or leave.
(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)
