FIELD-TEST

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Present simple: I / you / we / they field-test ... he / she / it field-tests

Past simple: field-tested

Past participle: field-tested

-ing form: field-testing

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)