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FIELD-TEST

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Test something under the conditions under which it will actually be used

Example:

The Army field tested the new tanks

Classified under:

Verbs of political and social activities and events

Hypernyms (to "field-test" is one way to...):

essay; examine; prove; test; try; try out (put to the test, as for its quality, or give experimental use to)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Derivation:

field test (a test of the performance of some new product under the conditions in which it will be used)

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