testing out

Verb

test out (third-person singular simple present tests out, present participle testing out, simple past and past participle tested out)

1. (transitive) To try or experiment with (something or someone) in order to see if it works, is true, or is successful.
   • You will also have to test out any HTML code or Java applets that you include, and you will have to test the whole site once it is published to a server.2000, Robert S. U. Heathcote, Successful ICT Projects in FrontPage 2000, page 143
2. (transitive) To explore (something one has little experience with), especially to do so in a safe environment.
   • But to really help the beginning painter get used to truly seeing the actual patterns, tape masking paper to the side of the paint booth and test out spray gun patterns on there.2005, JoAnn Bortles, How To Paint Your Motorcycle, page 91
3. (transitive) To explore how (someone) responds to something; To feel someone out.
   • However, Famous Players responded negatively when Borsos tested them out about showing the film.1977, Cinema Canada - Issues 34-47, page 1977-11
4. (intransitive) To demonstrate a certain result in a test, especially a successful result.
   • How does it test out in comparison with the cement?1904, Ohio society of professional engineers, Proceedings of the Twenty-Fifth and Twenty-Sixth Annual Meetings of the Ohio Engineering Society, page 91
5. (intransitive) To pass a placement test that enables one to avoid taking a course.
   • Children who test out of classroom lessons and activities should not be asked to do more mathematical problems of the same type “just for practice.”2006, Michael J. Bosse, Jennifer Vickers Rotigel, Encouraging Your Child's Math Talent, page 68

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