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# test

«test» in Mova's school dictionary: **a set of questions that checks what you know** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (test, tests); verb (test, tests, tested, testing)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A test is a set of questions that checks what you know. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/test/#m1)

2) A test is also a check to find out if something works or is true, like an eye test or a science test. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/test/#m2)

3) To test is to check or try something to find out about it. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/test/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

the final check after a lesson; in science we test an idea with an experiment; doctors test eyes and hearing; phrases: «take a test», «pass a test», «fail a test», «a spelling test», «test an idea»

### examples

- Test: 60 of 60 right (before the lesson: 0 of 60). [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/test/#x1)
- Ben got 18 of 20 questions right on the test. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/test/#x2)
- Anna had 3 tests this week. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/test/#x3)
- We have a spelling test on Friday. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/test/#x4)
- Zoe passed her swimming test. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/test/#x5)
- We tested which ball bounces highest. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/test/#x6)
- The nurse tested my eyes at school. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/test/#x7)
- Test the water with your elbow before the baby's bath. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/test/#x8)
- Misfortune tests the sincerity of friendship. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/test/#x9)

### note

Countable: a test, tests. Carries no operation clue; «N of M right» means M − N were wrong, and the score may be given as a fraction or a percent. In science a fair test changes only one thing at a time.

### In the corpora

- [Sam got full marks on bot homework and then failed the test.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/ai/9-the-essay-the-teacher-spotted/4/)
- [Homework is practice; copying it skips the learning and shows up in tests.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/ai/9-the-essay-the-teacher-spotted/11/)
- [Self-driving vehicles are being tested, and their safety must be proven before they are used everywhere.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/ai/24-future-hopes/14/)
- [You are much smaller than the big chatbots in the earlier lessons; you learn step by step, from lessons and tests.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/ai/26-who-you-are-mova/16/)
- [Your rules can be corrected: when a test shows why you were wrong, you change the rule.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/ai/28-who-you-are-honest-ai/19/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «test» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/test/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.