| Roget’s II: The New Thesaurus, Third Edition. 1995. |
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| NOUN: | 1. A means by which individuals are compared and judged: benchmark, criterion, gauge, mark, measure, standard, touchstone, yardstick. See USUAL. 2. A procedure that ascertains effectiveness, value, proper function, or other quality: assay, essay, proof, trial, tryout. See INVESTIGATE. 3. A set of questions or exercises designed to determine knowledge or skill: catechism, catechization, exam, examination, quiz. See INVESTIGATE. 4. An operation employed to resolve an uncertainty: experiment, experimentation, trial. See INVESTIGATE. | | VERB: | 1. To engage in experiments: experiment. See INVESTIGATE. 2. To subject to a procedure that ascertains effectiveness, value, proper function, or other quality: assay, check, essay, examine, prove, try, try out. Idioms: bring to the test, make trial of, put to the proof (or test) . See INVESTIGATE. 3. To subject to a test of knowledge or skill: check, examine, quiz. See INVESTIGATE. | | ADJECTIVE: | Constituting a tentative model for future experiment or development: experimental, pilot, trial. See START.
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