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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | test run |
| Synonyms: | bench test, dry run, dummy run, practical test, practice run, rehearsal, road test, spot check, taste test, test flight, trial, trials, tryout |
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| Main Entry: | test |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | examination, quiz |
| Synonyms: | analysis, approval, assessment, attempt, blue book, catechism, check, comp, confirmation, corroboration, countdown, criterion, dry run, elimination, essay, evaluation, exam, experiment, final, fling*, go*, inquest, inquiry, inspection, investigation, lick*, oral, ordeal, pop quiz, preliminary, probation, probing, proof, questionnaire, scrutiny, search, shibboleth, standard, substantiation, touchstone, trial, trial and error, trial run, try, tryout, verification, yardstick |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | trial |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | test |
| Synonyms: | R and D, analysis, assay, attempt, audition, check, crack*, dry run, effort, endeavor, essay, examination, experience, experiment, experimentation, fling*, go*, hassle*, investigation, lick*, probation, proof, research and development, shakedown, shot*, showcase, stab*, striving, struggle, test run, testing, trial and error, trial run, try, try on, tryout, undertaking, venture, whack, workout |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | dry run |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | practice session |
| Synonyms: | bench test, combat rehearsal, dress rehearsal, dummy run, kriegspiel, maneuver, maneuvers, practical test, practice exercise, practice run, rehearsal, road test, run through, test performance, test run, trial, trial run, tryout, war game |
| Main Entry: | road test |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | test run of vehicle |
| Synonyms: | bench test, dry run, dummy run, practical test, practice run, trial run |
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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| Main Entry: | trial |
| Part of Speech: | adjective, noun |
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analytic, cut-and-try, docimastic, empirical, essaying, experimental, icarian, on one's trial, peirastic, probationary, probative, probatory, provisional, tentative, under probation
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| Concept: | Experiment. |
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-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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