testing

Thân thiện

The teacher hands out a testing booklet to each student.

Definition

1. Noun:
   • The act of administering an assessment: The process of giving a test, exam, or quiz to students, candidates, or individuals to evaluate their knowledge, skills, or learning.
   • The process of examining characteristics: The act of scrutinizing or analyzing the properties, quality, or performance of something.
   • Experimental evaluation: The act of subjecting something to a trial or experiment to determine its functionality, effectiveness, or reliability.

Usage Examples

• Noun:
  • The testing of the new students will begin next week.
  • Product safety requires rigorous testing.
  • The testing of the hypothesis took several months.

Advanced Usage

• "To put something to the test": To subject something to a challenging situation to evaluate its true nature or capabilities.
  • The difficult conditions really put the team's training to the test.
• "Testing ground": A place or situation used for experiments or trials.
  • The region became a testing ground for new agricultural techniques.

Variants and Related Words

• Test (n/v): The assessment itself or the act of conducting an assessment.
  • She passed the driving test.
• Tester (n): A person or device that conducts tests.
• Testable (adj): Capable of being tested.

Synonyms

• Examination: A formal test of knowledge or proficiency.
• Evaluation: The making of a judgment about the amount, number, or value of something; assessment.
• Trial: A test of the performance, qualities, or suitability of someone or something.

Related Phrases

• Testing time: A period of difficulty that challenges someone's character or abilities.
  • The crisis was a real testing time for the new government.
• Beta testing: The second phase of software testing where a sample audience tries the product.
  • The app is currently in beta testing.

Idioms

• "The proof of the pudding is in the eating": The real value of something can only be judged by putting it to its intended use (related to the concept of testing through experience).
  • The design looks good, but the testing will show if it works.

Học thuật

Noun

1. the act of giving students or candidates a test (as by questions) to determine what they know or have learned
2. an examination of the characteristics of something
   • there are laboratories for commercial testing
   • it involved testing thousands of children for smallpox
3. the act of subjecting to experimental test in order to determine how well something works
   • they agreed to end the testing of atomic weapons

Từ đồng nghĩa

• examination