different between attempt vs test
attempt
English
Etymology
Late 14th century, as Middle English attempten, from Old French atempter, from Latin attempt? (“I try, solicit”), from ad (“to”) + temptare, more correctly tentare (“to try”); see tempt.The noun is from the 1530s, the sense "an assault on somebody's life, assassination attempt" (French attentat) is from 1580.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /??t?mpt/
- Rhymes: -?mpt
Verb
attempt (third-person singular simple present attempts, present participle attempting, simple past and past participle attempted)
- To try.
- I attempted to sing, but my throat was too hoarse.
- to attempt an escape from prison
- 1842, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, The Village Blacksmith
- Something attempted, something done, / Has earned a night's repose.
- (obsolete) To try to move, by entreaty, by afflictions, or by temptations; to tempt.
- c. 1604, William Shakespeare, Measure for Measure
- Yet since I see you fearful, that neither my coat, integrity, nor persuasion can with ease attempt you, I will go further than I meant, to pluck all fears out of you.
- c. 1604, William Shakespeare, Measure for Measure
- (archaic) To try to win, subdue, or overcome.
- one who attempts the virtue of a woman
- (archaic) To attack; to make an effort or attack upon; to try to take by force.
- to attempt the enemy's camp
- 1830, John Motley, The Rise of the Dutch Republic
- without attempting his adversary's life
Usage notes
- This is a catenative verb that takes the to infinitive. See Appendix:English catenative verbs
Synonyms
- take a stab at, take a run at
Translations
Noun
attempt (plural attempts)
- The action of trying at something. [1530]
- We made an attempt to cross the stream, but didn't manage.
- This poem is much better than the feeble attempt of mine.
- It was worth the attempt.
- No matter how many failed attempts we made, we maintained a positive attitude and tried again and again until we succeeded.
- An assault or attack, especially an assassination attempt. [1580]
- 1584 No man can charge us of any attempt against the realm. (Allen's Defence Of English Catholics, cited after Edinburgh review 1883, p. 378)
Usage notes
- Adjectives often applied to "attempt": first, failed, desperate, last, half-hearted, unsuccessful, serious, successful, feeble, new, honest, vain, sincere, ambitious, earnest, clumsy, direct, hard, brilliant, official, useless, clever, sophisticated, amateurish.
Synonyms
- effort
- try
Translations
Further reading
- attempt in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- attempt in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
- attempt at OneLook Dictionary Search
attempt From the web:
- what attempt means
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test
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /t?st/
- Rhymes: -?st
- (South African) IPA(key): /test/
Etymology 1
From Middle English test, teste, from Old French test, teste (“an earthen vessel, especially a pot in which metals were tried”), from Latin testum (“the lid of an earthen vessel, an earthen vessel, an earthen pot”), from *terstus, past participle of the root *tersa (“dry land”). See terra, thirst.
Noun
test (plural tests)
- A challenge, trial.
- A cupel or cupelling hearth in which precious metals are melted for trial and refinement.
- (academia) An examination, given often during the academic term.
- A session in which a product or piece of equipment is examined under everyday or extreme conditions to evaluate its durability, etc.
- (cricket, normally “Test”) A Test match.
- (marine biology) The external calciferous shell, or endoskeleton, of an echinoderm, e.g. sand dollars and sea urchins.
- (botany) Testa; seed coat.
- (obsolete) Judgment; distinction; discrimination.
Synonyms
- (challenge, trial): See Thesaurus:test
- (academics: examination): examination, quiz
Antonyms
- (academics: examination): recess
Hyponyms
Derived terms
Descendants
Translations
Verb
test (third-person singular simple present tests, present participle testing, simple past and past participle tested)
- To challenge.
- Climbing the mountain tested our stamina.
- To refine (gold, silver, etc.) in a test or cupel; to subject to cupellation.
- To put to the proof; to prove the truth, genuineness, or quality of by experiment, or by some principle or standard; to try.
- to test the soundness of a principle; to test the validity of an argument
- September 17, 1796, George Washington, Farewell Address
- Experience is the surest standard by which to test the real tendency of the existing constitution.
- (academics) To administer or assign an examination, often given during the academic term, to (somebody).
- To place a product or piece of equipment under everyday and/or extreme conditions and examine it for its durability, etc.
- (copulative) To be shown to be by test.
- 2015, Leta Stetter Hollingworth, Harry Levi Hollingworth, Children Above 180 IQ Stanford-Binet: Origin and Development
- It is probable that children who test above 180 IQ are actually present in our juvenile population in greater frequency than at the rate of one in a million.
- 2015, Leta Stetter Hollingworth, Harry Levi Hollingworth, Children Above 180 IQ Stanford-Binet: Origin and Development
- (chemistry) To examine or try, as by the use of some reagent.
- to test a solution by litmus paper
Descendants
- German: testen
Translations
Etymology 2
From Middle English teste, from Old French teste, test and Latin testis (“one who attests, a witness”).
Noun
test (plural tests)
- (obsolete) A witness.
- 1523-1525, John Bourchier, 2nd Baron Berners, Froissart's Chronicles
- Prelates and great lords of England, who were for the more surety tests of that deed.
- 1523-1525, John Bourchier, 2nd Baron Berners, Froissart's Chronicles
Verb
test (third-person singular simple present tests, present participle testing, simple past and past participle tested)
- (obsolete, transitive) To attest (a document) legally, and date it.
- (obsolete, intransitive) To make a testament, or will.
Related terms
- attest
- contest
- detest
- protest
Etymology 3
Clipping of testosterone.
Noun
test (uncountable)
- (informal, slang, body building) testosterone
Further reading
- test in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- test in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
Anagrams
- ETTs, Etts, TETS, TETs, Tets, sett, stet, tets
Breton
Noun
test
- witness
Catalan
Etymology 1
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.). Compare Spanish tiesto
Noun
test m (plural testos)
- flowerpot
- piece of clay
Etymology 2
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Noun
test m (plural tests)
- test (exam or challenge)
Czech
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [?t?st]
- Hyphenation: test
Noun
test m inan
- test
Declension
Derived terms
- testovat
- testovací
- testový
Further reading
- test in P?íru?ní slovník jazyka ?eského, 1935–1957
- test in Slovník spisovného jazyka ?eského, 1960–1971, 1989
Danish
Etymology
From English test.
Noun
test
- test (clarification of this definition is needed)
Further reading
- “test” in Den Danske Ordbog
Dutch
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /t?st/
- Hyphenation: test
- Rhymes: -?st
Etymology 1
Borrowed from English test.
Noun
test m (plural testen or tests, diminutive testje n)
- test
Synonyms
- experiment
- proef
Derived terms
- geluidstest
- piepjestest
- shuttleruntest
- sneltest
- testen
Descendants
- ? Indonesian: tes
Etymology 2
From Middle Dutch test, from Old French test, from Latin testum, from testa.
Noun
test m (plural testen or tests, diminutive testje n)
- A test, an earthen bowl or pot.
- A test, a cupel (used in smelting).
Derived terms
- vergiettest
- vuurtest
Descendants
- Afrikaans: tessie
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /t?st/
Etymology 1
From Old French test, from Latin testum. The orthography of this form reflects semi-learned influence; compare the doublet têt.
Noun
test m (plural tests)
- test, a cupel or cupelling hearth in which precious metals are melted for trial and refinement.
- (marine biology) test, the external calciferous shell, or endoskeleton, of an echinoderm.
Etymology 2
Borrowed from English test, itself from the same Old French test as above.
Noun
test m (plural tests)
- a test, a tryout, a review
Derived terms
- tester
Further reading
- “test” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Hungarian
Etymology
Of unknown origin.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [?t??t]
- Hyphenation: test
- Rhymes: -??t
Noun
test (plural testek)
- (anatomy) body
- (geometry) solid (three-dimensional figure)
- (algebra) field (commutative ring)
Declension
Derived terms
References
Further reading
- test in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh: A magyar nyelv értelmez? szótára (’The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: ?ISBN
Italian
Etymology
Borrowed from English test.
Noun
test m (invariable)
- test
Ladin
Noun
test m (plural [please provide])
- text
Latvian
Verb
test (?? missing information., ?? conj., pres. ??, past ??)
- to beat
- to knock about
- to flog
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology 1
From English test
Noun
test m (definite singular testen, indefinite plural tester, definite plural testene)
- a test
Derived terms
- synstest
Related terms
- teste
Etymology 2
Verb
test
- imperative of teste
References
- “test” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
From English test
Noun
test m (definite singular testen, indefinite plural testar, definite plural testane)
- a test
Derived terms
- synstest
References
- “test” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Old French
Etymology
From Latin testum.
Noun
test m (oblique plural tez or tetz, nominative singular tez or tetz, nominative plural test)
- (uncountable) clay
- (countable) a pot, usually made out of clay
Descendants
- French: test
- French: têt
- ? Middle English: test
- English: test (see there for further descendants)
- Scots: test
- ? Middle High German: test
- German: Test
References
- Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l'ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IXe au XVe siècle (1881) (test)
Polish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /t?st/
Noun
test m inan
- test
Declension
Romanian
Etymology
From French test.
Noun
test n (plural teste)
- test
Declension
Serbo-Croatian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /têst/
Noun
t?st m (Cyrillic spelling ?????)
- test (challenge, trial)
- test (academics)
- test (product examination)
Declension
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?test/, [?t?est?]
Noun
test m (plural tests)
- test
- Synonym: prueba
Swedish
Noun
test c or n
- a test, an examination, a trial
- a test, an attempt, an experiment
- a piece of hair c
Declension
Synonyms
- examen
- försök
- experiment
- prov
- skrivning
- tofs
- tuss
Related terms
- betatest
- hårtest
- testa
Anagrams
- sett
Turkish
Etymology
From English test.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?test/
- Hyphenation: test
Noun
test (definite accusative testi, plural testler)
- test
Declension
Derived terms
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