Meanings
comparative more testing · superlative most testing
- Difficult; tough.
A testing time lies ahead for the new administration.
1 more example
England have now gone four games without a win at Wembley, their longest sequence without a victory in 30 years, and still have much work to do to reach Euro 2012 as they prepare for a testing trip to face Bulgaria in Sofia in September.
2011 June 4, Phil McNulty, “England 2 - 2 Switzerland”, in BBC
- gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of test
Synonyms & antonyms
nounthe act of giving students or candidates a test (as by questions) to determine what they know or have learned
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Translations
Czech testování
- testováníthe act of conducting a test
Finnish testaus, koestus
- testausthe act of conducting a test
- koestusthe act of conducting a test
French test
- testthe act of conducting a test
Italian prova
- provathe act of conducting a test
Polish testowanie
- testowaniethe act of conducting a test
Portuguese teste
- testethe act of conducting a test
Russian тести́рование
- тести́рование (testírovanije)the act of conducting a test
Spanish prueba
- pruebathe act of conducting a test
Turkish test etme
- test etmethe act of conducting a test
Ukrainian тестува́ння
- тестува́ння (testuvánnja)the act of conducting a test
Rhymes & wordplay
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Cite this entry
testing. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/testing
“testing.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/testing. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “testing,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/testing.
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