Definitions for testing
test·ing

Princeton's WordNet(5.00 / 2 votes)Rate this definition:

1. testingnoun

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

   "they agreed to end the testing of atomic weapons"

2. testingnoun

   an examination of the characteristics of something

   "there are laboratories for commercial testing"; "it involved testing thousands of children for smallpox"

3. examination, testingnoun

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

Wiktionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. testingnoun

   The act of conducting a test; trialing, proving

2. testingadjective

   difficult, tough

Webster Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Testing

   of Test

2. Testingnoun

   the act of testing or proving; trial; proof

3. Testingnoun

   the operation of refining gold or silver in a test, or cupel; cupellation

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Testing

   tes′ting, n. the act of trying for proof: the operation of refining gold and silver: chemical analysis.—Testing clause, in a Scotch deed, the last clause which narrates when and where the parties signed the deed, before what witnesses, by whose hand written, &c.

Matched Categories

1. • Examination
   • Experiment
   • Investigation

British National Corpus

1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'testing' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #4608

2. Written Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'testing' in Written Corpus Frequency: #4193

3. Nouns Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'testing' in Nouns Frequency: #1852

Anagrams for testing »

1. setting

How to pronounce testing?

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of testing in Chaldean Numerology is: 7

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of testing in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4

Examples of testing in a Sentence

1. Andy Murray:

   What I need now is matches. I want to get myself back on the singles court and keep testing myself.

2. Chris Stigall:

   The reason Trump Jr.'re seeing more test cases pop up is because Trump Jr.'re doing 100 times the testing.

3. Scott Blackmun:

   They( U.S. government) will be on board once we can iron out some more of the details, conceptually having a global testing entity with adjudication system is a great idea.

4. Tom Reed:

   For the sake of protecting the lives of our fellow Americans, we must unite and act now in support of vaccines, by quickly increasing federal funding for testing, vaccine distribution, and other key initiatives, we can get more shots in arms, safely reopen our economy, and finally defeat this virus.

5. Police Chief Gregory Wickett:

   The town of Hamburg police department is investigating an incident that allegedly occurred at the residence of Patrick Kane last weekend, at this time we are gathering information and awaiting forensic testing results.

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