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Meaning of Assay | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B1
ˈæseɪ

Definitions

  1. Trial, attempt.
  2. Examination and determination; test.
  3. The qualitative or quantitative chemical analysis of something.
  4. Trial by danger or by affliction; adventure; risk; hardship; state of being tried.
  5. Tested purity or value.
  6. The act or process of ascertaining the proportion of a particular metal in an ore or alloy; especially, the determination of the proportion of gold or silver in bullion or coin.
  7. The alloy or metal to be assayed.

Equivalents

العربية الفحص
Azərbaycanca sınaq
Bosanski ogled pokus proba test проба
Čeština analýza analyzovat pokus zkouška
Ελληνικά αναλύω
Français analyser Assay dosage essai Test
Hrvatski ogled pokus proba test проба
Magyar próba
Bahasa Indonesia analisis asai esai
Kurdî têşt
Latina obrussa
Bahasa Melayu cerakin
Nederlands essayeren
Polski próba
Português ensaio
Српски ogled pokus proba test проба
Українська проба

Examples

“I am withal persuaded that it may prove much more easy in the assay than it now seems at distance.”
“This cannot be, by no assay of reason.”
“Through many hard assayes which did betide.”
“Purfled with gold and pearl of rich assay.”

CEFR level

B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
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