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test for

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test someone or something for something
to apply a test to someone or something to try to determine something or identify something. They tested me for all sorts of diseases. Ken tested the roof for weak spots.
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test for something

to try to find out about something by testing. We are testing for weak places in your roof. That's the noise you hear up there. They are testing for some sort of infection.
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organizations, companies and schools test for alcohol abuse.
Labs can typically test for interoperability and conformance.
Even the test for premature rupture of membrane, or PROM, which looks for leaking amniotic fluid in pregnant patients, will yield results in 10 minutes or less.
 
 
 
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