time-tested
- adjective
- /ˈtaɪmˌtɛstɪd/
- The recipe was handed down through generations and is a time-tested favorite at family gatherings.
- time-tested methods
And this has been time tested and it gives pretty useful stuff.
- And this has been time tested and it gives pretty useful stuff.
- Diversify your money with time tested assets, physical gold and silver today.
- It's the real estate agent and they're using the standard forms that have been, you know, kind of time tested.
- It's the old stuff for me is it's the time tested.
Examples
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These are real time tested regional favorites from around the country.
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COUNSELOR: Here at Harmon College, we offer a highly structured, time-tested curriculum carefully designed to stimulate the young mind.
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And this has been time tested and it gives pretty useful stuff.
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Diversify your money with time tested assets, physical gold and silver today.
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And so they have the institutional culture and some solid, time-tested processes in place to keep a good thing going.
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We work through those struggles together using time tested minimalist principles.
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But the ones that we continue to go back to are the ones that are time tested, affordable and don't take a ton of time.
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With more than 50 years of experience, the Kumon franchise system offers a time-tested model for success.
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Stockpiling is a time-tested strategy, as you are freezing the price today when you buy the goods.
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Reducing government-imposed barriers to the free flow of goods and services is one of the time-tested ways of achieving greater prosperity through trade.
Academic text (1992)
Synonyms
Valued and kept because people have done it for a long time
Known to work well because people used it before
Often used for a long time because it works well
Shown by facts to be true and to work well
Has worked well for many years
Known and accepted because it has existed for a long time
Works well after many tests
Known to work well because people have used it before
Shown to work well after people try or use it
Antonyms
How Time-Tested
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Time-tested is made from the simple parts time and tested and means 'tested by time', like a tool or idea that has been tried for many years. So a time-tested method is one we trust because it has proved to work well over a long period.