What is the meaning of test?

noun

• Trying something to find out about it.
  • usage: "a sample for ten days free trial"; "a trial of progesterone failed to relieve the pain"
  • synonyms: trial, trial run, tryout
• Any standardized procedure for measuring sensitivity or memory or intelligence or aptitude or personality etc.
  • usage: "the test was standardized on a large sample of students"
  • synonyms: mental test, mental testing, psychometric test
• A set of questions or exercises evaluating skill or knowledge.
  • usage: "when the test was stolen the professor had to make a new set of questions"
  • synonyms: examination, exam
• The act of undergoing testing.
  • usage: "he survived the great test of battle"; "candidates must compete in a trial of skill"
  • synonyms: trial
• The act of testing something.
  • usage: "in the experimental trials the amount of carbon was measured separately"; "he called each flip of the coin a new trial"
  • synonyms: trial, run
• A hard outer covering as of some amoebas and sea urchins.

verb

• Put to the test, as for its quality, or give experimental use to.
  • usage: "This approach has been tried with good results"; "Test this recipe"
  • synonyms: prove, try, try out, examine, essay
• Test or examine for the presence of disease or infection.
  • usage: "screen the blood for the HIV virus"
  • synonyms: screen
• Examine someone's knowledge of something.
  • usage: "The teacher tests us every week"; "We got quizzed on French irregular verbs"
  • synonyms: quiz
• Show a certain characteristic when tested.
  • usage: "He tested positive for HIV"
• Achieve a certain score or rating on a test.
  • usage: "She tested high on the LSAT and was admitted to all the good law schools"
• Determine the presence or properties of (a substance. )
• Undergo a test.
  • usage: "She doesn't test well"