test

test is on the Basic English 850 List.

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test is one of the 1000 most common headwords.

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Noun

(countable) A test is writing that many learners do in a room at the same time so that people are able to see how much knowledge the learners have.
I'm happy because I got a high mark on the test.
(countable) A test is something someone does to see if something works.
The person did a good test of the machine by pushing all the buttons and watching the machine.

Plain form
test

Third-person singular
tests

Past tense
tested

Past participle
tested

Present participle
testing

(transitive) The action of testing; to try something out to see whether it works.
He tested the software many times.