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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

  1. noun A test that determines the composition or purity of a substance, or the potency of a drug or biological sample.
  2. verb To carry out such a test on a substance, especially an ore or metal.

challenge — full definition

  1. noun A task or situation that tests someone's abilities in a demanding but often rewarding way.
  2. noun An invitation to a contest, or a questioning of something's validity.
  3. verb To dispute or question something, or to invite someone to a contest.

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