testing ground
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3.7
- noun
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campo de pruebas
- This park serves as a testing ground for innovative landscaping techniques that promote sustainability.
- provides a testing ground
- became a testing ground
- a good testing ground
And so it's, it's both being a cool testing ground, some of our bio AI learning and reasoning.
- And so it's, it's both being a cool testing ground, some of our bio AI learning and reasoning.
- So they are using Ukraine is basically a testing ground on shutting power grids down using this Mahler.
- And right behind that, there's an SAS testing ground.
Examples
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By displaying dozens of different approaches side by side, it would also offer a testing ground for conservation and development ideas.
Academic text (2004) -
The new software is being implemented in a small office as a testing ground before it's rolled out to the entire company.
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This is a perfect testing ground.
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A key testing ground for this strategy is the New Hampshire presidential primary.
Academic text (2000) -
Our rights are a testing ground for tolerance in Poland.
Academic text (2006) -
A good testing ground within the school is participation in student groups, in particular, ethnic student groups.
Academic text (2007) -
Ebooks are a perfect testing ground for feedback from many readers rather than one editor.
Blog text (1) -
Because it finds itself in the midst of such conflicts, the region provides a fertile testing ground for sustainable development strategies.
Academic text (1993) -
Hence, the real estate market represents a good testing ground for the role of sentiment, as expectations and speculation play a significant role in this sector.
Academic text (2016) -
The OHV center used to be a seed orchard and testing ground for trees and shrubs.
Blog text (19)
Synonyms
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3.9
A place where people try out new ideas or methods
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5.6
A place where people test new products, skills, or ideas to see if they work
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6.0
A place set up to try new ideas or products before they are used more widely
How Experimental
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5.6
- Specialized
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3.9
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3.7
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4.0
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3.6
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning ‘a place for trying out things’ is directly derivable from combining 'testing' (conducting trials) with 'ground' used figuratively as 'place/area'. This noun–noun compositional pattern is common and cross-linguistically familiar, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents would readily infer the MWE meaning.
Etymology
Testing ground is like a patch of ground where people do testing to see if new tools or ideas work. So a testing ground means any place or situation used to 'try out' something before using it more widely.