test
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 →
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 →
3) To test is to check or try something to find out about it. tree →
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 →
- Ben got 18 of 20 questions right on the test. tree →
- Anna had 3 tests this week. tree →
- We have a spelling test on Friday. tree →
- Zoe passed her swimming test. tree →
- We tested which ball bounces highest. tree →
- The nurse tested my eyes at school. tree →
- Test the water with your elbow before the baby's bath. tree →
- Misfortune tests the sincerity of friendship. tree →
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.
- Homework is practice; copying it skips the learning and shows up in tests.
- Self-driving vehicles are being tested, and their safety must be proven before they are used everywhere.
- You are much smaller than the big chatbots in the earlier lessons; you learn step by step, from lessons and tests.
- Your rules can be corrected: when a test shows why you were wrong, you change the rule.
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «test» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.