испыта́ние — meaning in English
ispytaniye
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English meaning
- assay noun A test that determines the composition or purity of a substance, or the potency of a drug or biological sample.
- challenge noun A task or situation that tests someone's abilities in a demanding but often rewarding way.
- test noun A set of questions or tasks used to check someone's knowledge or ability.
- trial noun A formal examination of evidence in court to decide whether someone is guilty of a crime or liable in a dispute.
Senses
испыта́ние is used for these senses in English:
- assay Trial, attempt.
- challenge A difficult task, especially one that the person making the attempt finds more enjoyable because of that difficulty.
- test A challenge, trial.
- trial (legal) A meeting or series of meetings in a court of law at which evidence is presented to a judge (and sometimes a jury) to allow them to decide on a legal matter (especially whether an accused person is guilty of a crime).
- trial A difficult or annoying experience or person; (especially, religion) such an experience seen as a test of faith and piety.
- trial (archaic) The action of trying (to do) something, especially more than once. (This sense is still current in the expression trial and error.)
assay — full definition
- noun A test that determines the composition or purity of a substance, or the potency of a drug or biological sample.
- verb To carry out such a test on a substance, especially an ore or metal.
challenge — full definition
- noun A task or situation that tests someone's abilities in a demanding but often rewarding way.
- noun An invitation to a contest, or a questioning of something's validity.
- verb To dispute or question something, or to invite someone to a contest.