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prov — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • examination noun A formal test of knowledge or ability, often written or oral and done under time pressure.
  • sample noun A small portion of something given or shown to represent the whole.
  • test noun A set of questions or tasks used to check someone's knowledge or ability.

Senses

prov is used for these senses in English:

  • examination (education) A formal test involving answering written or oral questions under a time constraint and usually without access to textbooks; typically, a large, written test administered to high school and college students covering course material studied in a semester.
  • put to the test (transitive, idiomatic) To test (something or someone); to evaluate, scrutinize or explore by testing or experimentation.
  • test A challenge, trial.
  • test (academia) An examination, given often during the academic term.

examination — full definition

  1. noun A formal test of knowledge or ability, often written or oral and done under time pressure.
  2. noun A check by a doctor or other professional to assess health or condition.
  3. noun Close questioning, especially by a lawyer in court.

sample — full definition

  1. noun A small portion of something given or shown to represent the whole.
  2. noun A subset of a population studied in order to draw conclusions about the whole group.
  3. noun A short clip of one recording reused inside another piece of music.
  4. verb To try or test a small amount of something.
  5. verb To take a short recording from an existing piece of music and reuse it in a new one.

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