TESTING

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does testing mean? 

• TESTING (noun)
  The noun TESTING has 3 senses:

1. the act of subjecting to experimental test in order to determine how well something works

2. an examination of the characteristics of something

3. the act of giving students or candidates a test (as by questions) to determine what they know or have learned

  Familiarity information: TESTING used as a noun is uncommon.

 Dictionary entry details 

• TESTING (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The act of subjecting to experimental test in order to determine how well something works

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Context example:

they agreed to end the testing of atomic weapons

Hypernyms ("testing" is a kind of...):

experiment; experimentation (the act of conducting a controlled test or investigation)

Derivation:

test (put to the test, as for its quality, or give experimental use to)

Sense 2

Meaning:

An examination of the characteristics of something

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Context example:

it involved testing thousands of children for smallpox

Hypernyms ("testing" is a kind of...):

examination; scrutiny (the act of examining something closely (as for mistakes))

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "testing"):

screening (testing objects or persons in order to identify those with particular characteristics)

Derivation:

test (determine the presence or properties of (a substance))

test (show a certain characteristic when tested)

Sense 3

Meaning:

The act of giving students or candidates a test (as by questions) to determine what they know or have learned

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

examination; testing

Hypernyms ("testing" is a kind of...):

investigating; investigation (the work of inquiring into something thoroughly and systematically)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "testing"):

11-plus; eleven-plus ((formerly in Britain) an examination taken by 11 and 12 year old students to select suitable candidates for grammar school)

Derivation:

test (examine someone's knowledge of something)

 Context examples 

This domain captures behavioral testing measurements on individual subjects.

(Behavioral Domain, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)

Testing performed to determine the effects of substances upon living organisms.

(Biological Testing, NCI Thesaurus)

A substance or portion of material originally obtained from an entity for use in testing, examination, or study.

(Biospecimen, NCI Thesaurus/BRIDG)

Specifies whether or not an entity is accessible for assessment or testing.

(Available For Evaluation Indicator, NCI Thesaurus)

"What is your greatest fault?" asked Fred, by way of testing in her the virtue he lacked himself.

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)

Based on the structure-function relationships they identified, the researchers then designed another few dozen peptides for further testing.

(Venom of Wasp, Bee Repurposed as Antibiotic Drug, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

Flight testing of an LBFD X-plane could begin as early as 2021.

(NASA Completes Milestone Toward Quieter Supersonic X-Plane, NASA)

Later testing of newer samples didn't show the same results.

(New answer to MRSA, other 'superbug' infections: clay minerals?, NSF)

In vitro testing of donor blood for safety prior to use in patients.

(Blood Products Laboratory Testing, NCI Thesaurus)

Many types are used as an experimental model for human disease and drug testing.

(Monkey, NCI Thesaurus)