Sekirov Dictionary

test out

verb 5
noun 2
forms 4

verb5

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To try or experiment with (something or someone) in order to see if it works, is true, or is successful.
- You will also have to test out any HTML code or Java applets that you include, and you will have to test the whole site once it is published to a server. — 2000
•
To explore (something one has little experience with), especially to do so in a safe environment.
- But to really help the beginning painter get used to truly seeing the actual patterns, tape masking paper to the side of the paint booth and test out spray gun patterns on there. — 2005
•
To demonstrate a certain result in a test, especially a successful result.
- How does it test out in comparison with the cement? — 1904
•
To pass a placement test that enables one to avoid taking a course.
- Children who test out of classroom lessons and activities should not be asked to do more mathematical problems of the same type “just for practice.” — 2006
•
To explore how (someone) responds to something; To feel someone out.
- However, Famous Players responded negatively when Borsos tested them out about showing the film. — 1977

noun2

•
A trial; an experiment to see how or whether something works; the act of testing something out.
- I suppose the master electrician who performs that work on board ship, or the leading man, his representative on board, sees that done, and the final test outs show whether it is properly done or not. — 1910
•
A placement test that allows someone to skip a course.
- After I basked in the glory of getting through countless tests, skills test outs, and the stress, it was time to study and tackle the NCLEX exam. — 2010

forms

tested out · testing out · tests out · test outs

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