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tests

NOUN

examination, quiz

Synonyms

STRONGEST

analysis approval assessment attempt check evaluation experiment final inquiry inspection investigation search standard trial

STRONG

catechism comp confirmation corroboration countdown criterion elimination essay exam fling go inquest lick oral ordeal preliminary probation probing proof questionnaire scrutiny shibboleth substantiation touchstone try tryout verification yardstick

WEAK

blue book dry run pop quiz trial and error trial run

Antonyms

STRONG

conclusion

VERB

examine, quiz

Synonyms

STRONGEST

analyze assess check confirm demonstrate investigate prove question try verify

STRONG

assay experiment inquire substantiate validate

WEAK

experimentalize give a tryout look into make a trial run match up prove out put to the test run idea by someone run it up a flagpole see how it flies see how wind blows send up a balloon shake down stack up try on try on for size try out

Antonyms

STRONGEST

discredit disprove invalidate

Example Sentences

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Tests revealed the water is contaminated with nitrate, which can come from fertilizer, animal manure or human sewage, and 1,2,3-trichloropropane, a hazardous chemical that was widely used in pesticides years ago.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 10, 2026

Two of the Ashes Tests were done in two days, while this was the first Test in this country without a single delivery of spin bowled by either team since 1988.

From BBC • Jun. 7, 2026

But England grew frustrated with his fitness record – Robinson suffered back injuries that limited his involvement in each of his past two Tests: against India in Ranchi, and against Australia at Headingley in 2023.

From BBC • Jun. 3, 2026

But since those first 11 matches, England have lost more Tests than they have won – 17 to 16 – and have failed to win a five-Test series against either Australia or India.

From BBC • May 29, 2026

Tests to duplicate this one success also failed until a colleague of his on the commission, James Carroll, caught the disease from an infected insect and nearly died.

From "An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793" by Jim Murphy