test drive
See also: test-drive
English
Noun
test drive (plural test drives)
- A sample driving session in a motor vehicle, in order to assess its quality before purchase.
- 1999 September 13, Richard Simpson, “Test drive”, in The Guardian[1], →ISSN:
- And with an on-the-road price in the region of £15,300, the Primera 1.8S represents solid rather than really tempting value, since £200 more will buy you the more powerful and arguably more stylish Honda Accord 1.8iS. But even so, this new Primera is still well worth a test drive.
- (figuratively) Any preliminary assessment of something through use.
- Synonym: test-ride
Translations
trial run in a vehicle
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Verb
test drive (third-person singular simple present test drives, present participle test driving, simple past test drove, past participle test driven)
- (transitive) To take a motor vehicle on the road to assess its quality before purchase.
- (transitive, figuratively) To establish a preliminary assessment of something through its use.
- Synonym: test-ride
Alternative forms
Translations
try out a vehicle
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Anagrams
Portuguese
Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from English test drive.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈtɛs.t͡ʃi ˈdɾaj.vi/ [ˈtɛs.t͡ʃi ˈdɾaɪ̯.vi]
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /ˈtɛʃ.t͡ʃi ˈdɾaj.vi/ [ˈtɛʃ.t͡ʃi ˈdɾaɪ̯.vi]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈtɛs.te ˈdɾaj.ve/ [ˈtɛs.te ˈdɾaɪ̯.ve]
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /ˈtɛʃ.tɨ ˈdɾaj.vɨ/ [ˈtɛʃ.tɨ ˈðɾaj.vɨ]
- (Northern Portugal) IPA(key): /ˈtɛʃ.tɨ ˈdɾaj.bɨ/ [ˈtɛʃ.tɨ ˈðɾaj.βɨ]
Noun
test drive m (plural test drives)