"test-drive" meaning in English

See test-drive in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

Forms: test-drives [present, singular, third-person], test-driving [participle, present], test-drove [past], test-driven [participle, past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|test-drives|test-driving|test-drove|test-driven}} test-drive (third-person singular simple present test-drives, present participle test-driving, simple past test-drove, past participle test-driven)
  1. (transitive) To drive a motor vehicle in order to evaluate it, especially before potential purchase. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-test-drive-en-verb-5ad~vjN5 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 94 6
  2. (transitive, by extension) To try out a product before committing to purchasing it. Tags: broadly, transitive Synonyms: test-ride Hypernyms: drive Related terms: test drive Translations (try out a vehicle): prøvekøre (Danish), prøvekjøre (Norwegian Bokmål), fazer um test drive (Portuguese)
    Sense id: en-test-drive-en-verb-gDvKbk5~ Disambiguation of 'try out a vehicle': 7 93

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for test-drive meaning in English (2.1kB)

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