test run
Dry rehearsal first
A test run is a trial operation to check whether something works properly before full implementation or production.
Engineers conduct test runs of new machinery, software undergoes test runs before release, and performers do test runs of their routines.
Let's do a test run before the presentation.
The phrase applies to any preliminary trial: I took the recipe for a test run.
- shakedownForceful extraction of payment
- shake outDislodge by vigorous waving
- trialJudicial examination of claims
- betaGreek alphabet's second letter
- prototypeFirst functional specimen
pilot · evaluation · proof of concept · assessment · rehearsal · simulation · soft launch · sneak peek · tryout · validation · quality check · countdown · greenlight · demonstration · pilot project · proof · tweak · demo
- practical measuresbackup plan, checkpoint, drill, emergency plan, evacuation
- setupsetting up, installation, assembling, installing, initialization
- trainingtraining, basic training, training session, employee training, apprenticeships
- experimentationexperimentation, experimenting, attempts, guess and check, guesswork
- Simulationscomputer simulation, virtual reality, flight simulator, VR, fluid dynamics
- trial runstryout, trial period, practice round, rehearsal, pilot program
test runfinal version
Completed, approved iteration
production run · final product · finished product · real thing · go-live
test runlive performance
Unrecorded staged entertainment
real thing · opening night · premiere · game day · showtime
run, test, tested, testing, tester, untested, retest, testable, retesting