an intensive examination testing a student's proficiency in some special field of knowledge; "she took her comps in English literature"
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a set of questions or exercises evaluating skill or knowledge; "when the test was stolen the professor had to make a new set of questions"
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an extended communication (often interactive) dealing with some particular topic; "the book contains an excellent discussion of modal…
Used in the same subject area: Academic vocabulary, Media and communication, Mass communication, Communication theory.an extended communication (often interactive) dealing with some particular topic; "the book contains an excellent discussion of modal…
Used in the same subject area: Academic vocabulary, Media and communication, Mass communication, Communication theory.act of ascertaining or fixing the value or worth of
Used in the same subject area: Academic vocabulary, Education, Analysis and evaluation, Assessment.a set of questions or exercises evaluating skill or knowledge; "when the test was stolen the professor had to make a new set of questi…
Used in the same subject area: Academic vocabulary, Education, Media and communication, Analysis and evaluation, Mass communication, Assessment, Communication theory.response to an inquiry or experiment
Used in the same subject area: Education, Media and communication, Assessment, Communication theory.an examination administered at the end of an academic term
Used in the same subject area: Academic vocabulary, Education, Analysis and evaluation, Assessment.a hypothetical description of a complex entity or process; "the computer program was based on a model of the circulatory and respirato…
Used in the same subject area: Academic vocabulary, Media and communication, Analysis and evaluation, Communication theory.evaluation of performance by assigning a grade or score; "what he disliked about teaching was all the grading he had to do"
Used in the same subject area: Academic vocabulary, Education, Analysis and evaluation, Assessment.evaluation of performance by assigning a grade or score; "what he disliked about teaching was all the grading he had to do"
Used in the same subject area: Academic vocabulary, Education, Analysis and evaluation, Assessment.a hypothetical description of a complex entity or process; "the computer program was based on a model of the circulatory and respirato…
Used in the same subject area: Academic vocabulary, Media and communication, Analysis and evaluation, Communication theory.an examination conducted by spoken communication
Used in the same subject area: Academic vocabulary, Education, Analysis and evaluation, Assessment.an examination consisting of a few short questions
Used in the same subject area: Academic vocabulary, Education, Analysis and evaluation, Assessment.act of ascertaining or fixing the value or worth of
Used in the same subject area: Academic vocabulary, Education, Analysis and evaluation, Assessment.evaluation of performance by assigning a grade or score; "what he disliked about teaching was all the grading he had to do"
Used in the same subject area: Academic vocabulary, Education, Analysis and evaluation, Assessment.the act of examining something closely (as for mistakes)
Used in the same subject area: Academic vocabulary, Education, Media and communication, Assessment.(computer science) the technique of representing the real world by a computer program; "a simulation should imitate the internal proce…
Used in the same subject area: Academic vocabulary, Media and communication, Analysis and evaluation, Communication theory.a set of questions or exercises evaluating skill or knowledge; "when the test was stolen the professor had to make a new set of questi…
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The systematic application of knowledge or skill in effecting a desired result. Also, an occupation or business requiring such knowled…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: questions, exercises, evaluating, skill, knowledge.a quantitative or qualitative test of a substance (especially an ore or a drug) to determine its components; frequently used to test f…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: questions, exercises, evaluating, skill, knowledge.software that has not yet been released but has received an alpha test and still has more bugs than a regular release; "beta software…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: questions, exercises, evaluating, skill, knowledge.A professor of canon law; one skilled in the knowledge and practice of ecclesiastical law.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: questions, exercises, evaluating, skill, knowledge.A game in which questions are asked for the purpose of enabling the questioners to discover a word or thing previously selected by two…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: questions, exercises, evaluating, skill, knowledge.a blood test in which a sample of serum is exposed to a particular antigen and complement in order to determine whether or not antibod…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: questions, exercises, evaluating, skill, knowledge.To train in the military art; to exercise diligently, as soldiers, in military evolutions and exercises; hence, to instruct thoroughly…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: questions, exercises, evaluating, skill, knowledge.having or showing profound knowledge; "a learned jurist"; "an erudite professor"
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: questions, exercises, evaluating, skill, knowledge.put to the test, as for its quality, or give experimental use to; "This approach has been tried with good results"; "Test this recipe"
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: questions, exercises, evaluating, skill, knowledge.To interrogate as in a judicial proceeding; to try or test by question; as, to examine a witness in order to elicit testimony, a stude…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: questions, exercises, evaluating, skill, knowledge.That which is done for the sake of exercising, practicing, training, or promoting skill, health, mental, improvement, moral discipline…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: questions, exercises, evaluating, skill, knowledge.An act of knowledge, one or more, by which single facts or general truths are ascertained; experimental or inductive knowledge; hence,…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: questions, exercises, evaluating, skill, knowledge.Atrial or special observation, made to confirm or disprove something doubtful; esp., one under conditions determined by the experiment…
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