"proving ground" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: proving grounds [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} proving ground (plural proving grounds)
  1. (military) A terrain or installation for testing weapons, military equipment, or tactics. Categories (topical): Military Translations (weapon/tactics-testing place): 演习场 (Chinese Mandarin), vojenský újezd [masculine] (Czech), koekenttä (Finnish), poligon [masculine] (Polish), испыта́тельный полиго́н (ispytátelʹnyj poligón) [masculine] (Russian), skjutfält [neuter] (Swedish), поліго́н (polihón) [masculine] (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-proving_ground-en-noun-RKJAqiPY Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 50 50 Topics: government, military, politics, war Disambiguation of 'weapon/tactics-testing place': 88 12
  2. (figurative) A venue or project in which new technologies, methods, or techniques are tested. Tags: figuratively Synonyms: testing ground
    Sense id: en-proving_ground-en-noun-jsJDEJ5C Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 50 50
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: firing range

Inflected forms

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