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Nouns (17)

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"

mental test, mental testing, psychometric test

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"

check, assay

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.

trial, tryout

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

examination, exam

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"

check, testing, verification, checking

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

Verbs (11)

quiz

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

check, screen, check for, screen for

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

try, essay, examine, prove, try out, experiment with

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"

Adverbs (0)

Adjectives (4)

trial, model, pilot, experimental

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

Fuzzynyms (95)

analysis

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

survey, study

n. a detailed critical inspection

analysis

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

survey, study

n. a detailed critical inspection

investigation, research, inquiry, enquiry

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

investigation, probe, probing

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

analysis, analytic thinking

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

challenge

n. a call to engage in a contest or fight

examination, interrogation

n. formal systematic questioning

look, looking at

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"

review, recap, recapitulation

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

review, brushup

n. practice intended to polish performance or refresh the memory

question, query

v. pose a question

ask

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

pump, question persistently

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

demand, condition, qualify, specify, stipulate

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"

summons, summon, call for, cite

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

attempt, try, essay, assay, seek

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"

study, analyze, analyse, examine

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"

assay, analyze chemically

v. analyze (chemical substances)

look into, investigate

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

probe, examine, inquire into

v. question or examine thoroughly and closely

criticize, criticise, express criticism of, pick apart

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"

correct, chasten, chastise, castigate, objurgate

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

wonder, inquire

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

look into, investigate

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

reproach, upbraid

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

examine, question closely

v. question closely

attest, testify, bear witness, take the stand

v. give testimony in a court of law

avow, avouch

v. admit openly and bluntly; make no bones about

swear, depose, depone

v. make a deposition; declare under oath

swan, affirm, avow, swear, assert, aver

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

probationary, provisional, provisionary, tentative

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

notional, hypothetical, speculative, hypothetic

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

Synonyms (16)

experiment, make an experiment

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

attempt, try, essay, assay, seek

confirmable, verifiable

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

experiential, existential

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

experimental, data-based, observational

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

semiempirical

adj. relying to some extent on observation or experiment

trial-and-error

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"

Antonyms (0)

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