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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | test |
| Synonyms: | audition, examination, trial |
| 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: | audition |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | test of ability |
| Synonyms: | audience, demo, hearing, reading, trial, try on, tryout |
| Main Entry: | drill |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | practice, exercise |
| Synonyms: | assignment, call, conditioning, constitutional, daily dozen, discipline, dress, drilling, dry run, gym, homework, instruction, learning by doing, maneuvers, marching, preparation, repetition, run-through, shakedown, training, tryout, warm-up, workout |
| 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: | experiment |
| 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
| Main Entry: | hearing |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | opportunity to present views, knowledge, or skill |
| Synonyms: | admittance, attendance, attention, audience, audit, audition, chance, conference, congress, consultation, council, discussion, inquiry, interview, investigation, meeting, negotiation, notice, parley, performance, presentation, reception, review, test, trial, tryout |
| Main Entry: | preparation |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | development, readiness |
| Synonyms: | alertness, anticipation, arrangement, background, base, basis, build-up, construction, dry run, education, establishment, evolution, expectation, fitting, foresight, formation, foundation, gestation, getting ready, groundwork, homework, incubation, lead time, making ready, manufacture, measure, plan, precaution, preparedness, preparing, provision, putting in order, qualification, readying, rehearsal, rundown, safeguard, schoolwork, study, substructure, training, tryout, workout |
| Antonyms: | unreadiness |
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