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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | investigation, test |
| Synonyms: | R and D, agreement, analysis, assay, attempt, check, dissection, dry run, enterprise, essay, examination, exercise, experimentation, fling*, measure, observation, operation, practice, probe, procedure, proof, quiz, rehearsal, research, research and development, scrutiny, search, speculation, study, trial, trial and error, trial run, try, try-on, tryout, undertaking, venture, verification |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Concept: | Experiment. |
| Synonyms: |
-nouns
experiment; essay (attempt); analysis (investigation); trial, tentative method, tatonnement., verification, probation, experimentum crucis, proof, criterion, diagnostic, test, crucial test., crucible, reagent, check, touchstone, pix; assay, ordeal; ring; curcuma paper, turmeric paper., empiricism, rule of thumb., feeler; pilot balloon, messenger balloon; pilot engine; scout; straw to show the wind., speculation, random shot, leap in the dark., analyzer, analyst; adventurer; experimenter, experimentist, experimentalist.
-verbs
experiment; essay (endeavor); try, assay; make an experiment, make a trial of; give a trial to; put on trial, subject to trial; experiment upon; rehearse; put to the test, bring to the test, submit to the test, submit to the proof; prove, verify, test, touch, practice upon, try one's strength., grope; feel one's way, grope for one's way; fumble, tatonner, aller a tatons, put out a feeler, throw out a feeler; send up a pilot balloon; see how the land lies, see how the wind blows; consult the barometer; feel the pulse; fish for, bob for; cast for, beat about for; angle, trawl, cast one's net, beat the bushes., try one's fortune (adventure) [more]; explore (inquire).
-adjectives
experimental, empirical., probative, probatory, probationary, provisional; analytic, docimastic; tentative.
-adverbs
under probation, on one's trial.
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| Main Entry: | acid test |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | critical test |
| Synonyms: | analysis, conclusive test, crucial test, decisive test, definitive test, experiment, genuineness, proof, proving ground, substantiation, sure test, test of value, trial, verification |
| Main Entry: | attempt |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | try, effort |
| Synonyms: | all one's got, attack, bid*, crack*, dry run, endeavor, exertion, experiment, fling, go, header, lick*, one's all, one's darnedest, one's level best, pursuit, shot, stab, striving, struggle, trial, try, tryout, undertaking, venture, whack, workout |
| Antonyms: | certainty, laziness, success |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | attempt |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | try, make effort |
| Synonyms: | aim, attack, do level best, endeavor, essay, exert oneself, experiment, give a fling, give a whirl, give best shot, give it a go, give it a try, give old college try, go the limit, have a crack, have a go at, make a run at, pursue, push, seek, shoot the works, solicit, strive, tackle, take a stab at, take best shot, take on, try one's hand at, undertake, venture |
| Antonyms: | be lazy |
| Main Entry: | essay |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | try, attempt |
| Synonyms: | aim, bid, dry run, effort, endeavor, exertion, experiment, hassle, labor, one's all, one's level best, shot*, striving, struggle, test, toil, travail, trial, try on, tryout, undertaking, venture, whack, work |
| Antonyms: | idleness, pass |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | examination |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | test, analysis |
| Synonyms: | assay, audit, battery, blue book, breakdown, canvass, catechism, checking, checkup, cross-examination, diagnosis, dissection, exam, experiment, exploration, final, grilling, inquest, inquiry, inquisition, inspection, interrogation, investigation, legwork, make-up, observation, once-over, oral, perlustration, perusal, probe, quest, questioning, questionnaire, quiz, raid, reconnaissance, research, review, scan, scrutiny, search, study, survey, the eye, third degree, trial, tryout, view, written |
| Main Entry: | examine |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | ask questions pointedly |
| Synonyms: | catechize, check, cross-examine, experiment, give the third, give the third degree, grill, inquire, interrogate, judge, measure, pump, put through the wringer, query, quiz, try, try out, weigh |
| Main Entry: | proceeding |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | undertaking, course of action |
| Synonyms: | act, action, adventure, casualty, circumstance, come off, deed, exercise, experiment, go-down, goings-on, happening, incident, maneuver, measure, move, movement, occurrence, operation, performance, procedure, process, step, transaction, venture |
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