Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

testing

/ˈtɛs.tɪŋ/

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.67 in modern English

Syllables: tes-ting
IPA: /ˈtɛs.tɪŋ/

8

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Difficult; tough.

noun

The act of conducting a test; trialing, proving.

Countable; Uncountable

verb

present participle and gerund of test

Example Sentences

"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."
"The wilderness testings of Jesus prepare him for ministry in which such temptations and shortcuts will recur."

Usage

Inflected Forms

more testing (comparative) most testing (superlative) testings (plural)

Derived Forms

testingly untesting antitesting backtesting immunotesting posttesting serotesting

Phrases

testing effect testing, testing testing testing

Synonyms

examination

Rhymes With

suggesting investing resting requesting protesting arresting nesting contesting molesting ingesting digesting vesting

Questions

How do you pronounce testing?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈtɛs.tɪŋ/.
What does testing mean?: Difficult; tough.

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