testing

English

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈtɛstɪŋ/
  • Rhymes: -ɛstɪŋ

Adjective

testing (comparative more testing, superlative most testing)

  1. difficult, tough
    • 2011 June 4, Phil McNulty, “England 2 - 2 Switzerland”, in BBC‎:
      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.

Noun

testing (countable and uncountable, plural testings)

  1. The act of conducting a test; trialing, proving.
    • 2011, Emerson B. Powery, Immersion Bible Studies: Luke
      The wilderness testings of Jesus prepare him for ministry in which such temptations and shortcuts will recur.

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Verb

testing

  1. present participle of test

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