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Determining and Testing

determining

verb

  • Establish after a calculation, investigation, experiment, survey, or study.
    • usage: "find the product of two numbers"; "The physicist who found the elusive particle won the Nobel Prize"
  • Shape or influence; give direction to.
    • usage: "experience often determines ability"; "mold public opinion"
  • Fix conclusively or authoritatively.
    • usage: "set the rules"
  • Decide upon or fix definitely.
    • usage: "fix the variables"; "specify the parameters"
  • Reach, make, or come to a decision about something.
    • usage: "We finally decided after lengthy deliberations"
  • Fix in scope; fix the boundaries of.
    • usage: "the tree determines the border of the property"
  • Settle conclusively; come to terms.
    • usage: "We finally settled the argument"
  • Find out, learn, or determine with certainty, usually by making an inquiry or other effort.
    • usage: "I want to see whether she speaks French"; "See whether it works"; "find out if he speaks Russian"; "Check whether the train leaves on time"

adjective

  • Having the power or quality of deciding.
    • usage: "the crucial experiment"; "cast the deciding vote"; "the determinative (or determinant) battle"
WordNet 3.0 © 2006 by Princeton University
(p.pr.&vb.n.) of Determine.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
testing

noun

  • The act of subjecting to experimental test in order to determine how well something works.
    • usage: "they agreed to end the testing of atomic weapons"
  • An examination of the characteristics of something.
    • usage: "there are laboratories for commercial testing"; "it involved testing thousands of children for smallpox"
  • The act of giving students or candidates a test (as by questions) to determine what they know or have learned.

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"
  • Test or examine for the presence of disease or infection.
    • usage: "screen the blood for the HIV virus"
  • Examine someone's knowledge of something.
    • usage: "The teacher tests us every week"; "We got quizzed on French irregular verbs"
  • 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"
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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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