n. a hard outer covering as of some amoebas and sea urchins

n. the act of undergoing testing; "he survived the great test of battle"; "candidates must compete in a trial of skill"

n. the act of testing something; "in the experimental trials the amount of carbon was measured separately"; "he called each flip of the coin a new trial"

n. any standardized procedure for measuring sensitivity or memory or intelligence or aptitude or personality etc; "the test was standardized on a large sample of students"

n. a quantitative or qualitative test of a substance (especially an ore or a drug) to determine its components; frequently used to test for the presence or concentration of infectious agents or antibodies etc.

n. trying something to find out about it; "a sample for ten days free trial"; "a trial of progesterone failed to relieve the pain"

n. a set of questions or exercises evaluating skill or knowledge; "when the test was stolen the professor had to make a new set of questions"

n. a test set up to verify whether a program or computer system functions well

v. examine someone's knowledge of something; "The teacher tests us every week"; "We got quizzed on French irregular verbs"

v. make an examination or investigation; "check into the rumor"; "check the time of the class"

v. put to the test, as for its quality, or give experimental use to; "This approach has been tried with good results"; "Test this recipe"

adj. involving the mind or an intellectual process; "mental images of happy times"; "mental calculations"; "in a terrible mental state"; "mental suffering"; "free from mental defects"

adj. of or relating to the chin- or liplike structure in insects and certain mollusks

adj. of or relating to the mind; "mental powers"; "mental development"; "mental hygiene"

adj. of or relating to the chin or median part of the lower jaw

adj. of the nature of or undergoing an experiment; "an experimental drug"

n. an investigation of the component parts of a whole and their relations in making up the whole

n. a detailed critical inspection

n. an investigation of the component parts of a whole and their relations in making up the whole

n. a detailed critical inspection

n. a search for knowledge; "their pottery deserves more research than it has received"

n. an inquiry into unfamiliar or questionable activities; "there was a congressional probe into the scandal"

n. the abstract separation of a whole into its constituent parts in order to study the parts and their relations

n. a call to engage in a contest or fight

n. formal systematic questioning

n. the act of directing the eyes toward something and perceiving it visually; "he went out to have a look"; "his look was fixed on her eyes"; "he gave it a good looking at"; "his camera does his looking for him"

n. a summary at the end that repeats the substance of a longer discussion

n. practice intended to polish performance or refresh the memory

v. pose a question

v. address a question to and expect an answer from; "Ask your teacher about trigonometry"; "The children asked me about their dead grandmother"

v. question persistently; "She pumped the witnesses for information"

v. specify as a condition or requirement in a contract or agreement; make an express demand or provision in an agreement; "The will stipulates that she can live in the house for the rest of her life"; "The contract stipulates the dates of the payments"

v. call in an official matter, such as to attend court

v. make an effort or attempt; "He tried to shake off his fears"; "The infant had essayed a few wobbly steps"; "The police attempted to stop the thief"; "He sought to improve himself"; "She always seeks to do good in the world"

v. consider in detail and subject to an analysis in order to discover essential features or meaning; "analyze a sonnet by Shakespeare"; "analyze the evidence in a criminal trial"; "analyze your real motives"

v. analyze (chemical substances)

v. investigate scientifically; "Let's investigate the syntax of Chinese"

v. question or examine thoroughly and closely

v. find fault with; express criticism of; point out real or perceived flaws; "The paper criticized the new movie"; "Don't knock the food--it's free"

v. censure severely; "She chastised him for his insensitive remarks"

v. have a wish or desire to know something; "He wondered who had built this beautiful church"

v. investigate scientifically; "Let's investigate the syntax of Chinese"

v. express criticism towards; "The president reproached the general for his irresponsible behavior"

v. question closely

v. give testimony in a court of law

v. admit openly and bluntly; make no bones about

v. make a deposition; declare under oath

v. to declare or affirm solemnly and formally as true; "Before God I swear I am innocent"

adj. of or being or relating to or involving cognition; "cognitive psychology"; "cognitive style"

adj. under terms not final or fully worked out or agreed upon; "probationary employees"; "a provisional government"; "just a tentative schedule"

adj. not based on fact or investigation; "a notional figure of cost helps in determining production costs"; "speculative knowledge"

v. to conduct a test or investigation; "We are experimenting with the new drug in order to fight this disease"

v. make an effort or attempt; "He tried to shake off his fears"; "The infant had essayed a few wobbly steps"; "The police attempted to stop the thief"; "He sought to improve himself"; "She always seeks to do good in the world"

adj. appealing to or using the intellect; "satire is an intellectual weapon"; "intellectual workers engaged in creative literary or artistic or scientific labor"; "has tremendous intellectual sympathy for oppressed people"; "coldly intellectual"; "sort of the intellectual type"; "intellectual literature"

adj. capable of being tested (verified or falsified) by experiment or observation

adj. derived from experience or the experience of existence; "the rich experiential content of the teachings of the older philosophers"- Benjamin Farrington; "formal logicians are not concerned with existential matters"- John Dewey

adj. relying on observation or experiment; "experimental results that supported the hypothesis"

adj. relying to some extent on observation or experiment

adj. trying out various means or theories until error is satisfactorily reduced or eliminated; "he argued that all learning is a trial-and-error process that resembles biological evolution"

adj. involving the body as distinguished from the mind or spirit; "physical exercise"; "physical suffering"; "was sloppy about everything but her physical appearance"