testing

adj, noun — 2 senses

testing

adj

/ˈtɛs.tɪŋ/ · [ˈtʰɛs.tɪŋ]

1

Difficult; tough.

  • A testing time lies ahead for the new administration.
  • 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:
Derived terms
testingly, untesting

testing

noun
1

The act of conducting a test; trialing, proving.

  • The wilderness testings of Jesus prepare him for ministry in which such temptations and shortcuts will recur.2011, Emerson B. Powery, Immersion Bible Studies: Luke:
Derived terms
antitesting, backtesting, immunotesting, posttesting, serotesting
Hyponyms
38 termsA/B testing, alpha testing, animal testing, beta testing, big bang testing, black-box testing, continuous testing, DNA testing, fuzz testing, genetic testing, gray-box testing, grey-box testing, hypothesis testing, integration testing, keyword-driven testing, Kleenex testing, model-based testing, model-driven testing, mutation testing, nuclear testing, PAT testing, portable appliance testing, psychological testing, reality testing, regression testing, risk-based testing, sandwich testing, sanity testing, spark testing, statistical hypothesis testing, surge testing, testing clause, testing ground, toxicology testing, type testing, unit testing, white-box testing, wind tunnel testing

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