test

Everyday

1. A test is a set of questions that checks what you know. tree →
2. A test is also a check to find out if something works or is true, like an eye test or a science test. tree →
3. To test is to check or try something to find out about it. tree →

In the lessons

the final check after a lesson; in science we test an idea with an experiment; doctors test eyes and hearing; phrases: «take a test», «pass a test», «fail a test», «a spelling test», «test an idea»

Examples

• Test: 60 of 60 right (before the lesson: 0 of 60). tree →
• Ben got 18 of 20 questions right on the test. tree →
• Anna had 3 tests this week. tree →
• We have a spelling test on Friday. tree →
• Zoe passed her swimming test. tree →
• We tested which ball bounces highest. tree →
• The nurse tested my eyes at school. tree →
• Test the water with your elbow before the baby's bath. tree →
• Misfortune tests the sincerity of friendship. tree →

Note

Countable: a test, tests. Carries no operation clue; «N of M right» means M − N were wrong, and the score may be given as a fraction or a percent. In science a fair test changes only one thing at a time.

In Jewish tradition

It is a command to study the ten sefirot and the letters by questioning and probing them. In the Psalms people ask God to examine them, and God tested Joseph until his word came true.

Interpretation. The tradition reads this as an invitation to think deeply and not simply accept things, so that the student understands creation for himself. The Psalms are read as teaching that God knows the inner heart and tests people to bring out their goodness.

Examples

• Test with them and probe of them (and form and think). (Sefer Yetzirah, Sefaria community translation) tree →
• Understand with Wisdom and become wise with Understanding; test with them and probe of them. (Sefer Yetzirah, Sefaria community translation) tree →
• Examine me, O LORD, and try me; test my reins and my heart. (Writings PSA.26.2, JPS 1917) tree →
• Until the time that his word came to pass, the word of the LORD tested him. (Writings PSA.105.19, JPS 1917) tree →
• Thou hast tried my heart, Thou hast visited it in the night; Thou hast tested me, and Thou findest not that I had a thought which should not pass my mouth. (Writings PSA.17.3, JPS 1917) tree →

Note

Countable: a test, tests. Carries no operation clue; «N of M right» means M − N were wrong, and the score may be given as a fraction or a percent. In science a fair test changes only one thing at a time.