QUIZ | definition in the Cambridge English Dictionary

Meaning of quiz in English

(Definition of quiz from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)
(Definition of quiz from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

Examples of quiz

quiz
Here is a short quiz to see how well you get on day-to-day.
Parents were asked about symptom severity, and were also quizzed on their children's eating habits.
From CBS News
After an initial quiz, the app adapts each game's difficulty to your profile and gives you recommendations based on your results.
From CNN
And just like in a movie theater, we're going to move from quizzes straight into trailers.
If 48 hours passed between the first quiz and the audio recap, rather than 20 minutes, the original memories stay unchanged.
At the classroom level, we evaluate our students through daily homework assignments, in-class quizzes, tests, and papers in up to seven subjects.
However, there was a significant difference in the levels of annoyance that the participants reported when quizzed afterwards about their perceptions of the noise environment.
From Phys.Org
Annoyed quiz bowlers eventually took the game into their own hands.
For a quiz bowler, this was the perfect gift.
Hundreds of fans tripped blissfully from costume contests to quiz nights.
It's available for back-to-school season, just like a real textbook with pictures, footnotes, and even chapter quizzes.
That's because most of its 150 million monthly active users are using the company's platform to generate their own gifts and quizzes.
I'm going to give you a little quiz first.
From NPR
This isn't a dialect quiz per se, but it will estimate how many words you know.
But on the other hand, this downtime also offers a great opportunity to play with distractions like a dialect quiz.
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Translations of quiz

in Chinese (Traditional)
問答比賽,智力競賽, 測驗,考察, 查問,提問…
in Chinese (Simplified)
竞答比赛,智力竞赛, 测验,考察, 查问,提问…
in Spanish
concurso de preguntas, evaluación, concurso [masculine…
in Portuguese
jogo de quiz, prova, jogo de perguntas e respostas [masculine]…
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प्रश्नमंजुषा / एक खेळ किंवा स्पर्धा ज्यामधे तुम्ही प्रश्नांची उत्तरे देता., चाचणी परीक्षा / छोटी, अनौपचारिक परीक्षा.…
クイズ, 小テスト, 問(と)い詰(つ)める…
bilgi yarışması, küçük sınav, sorular sormak…
quizz [masculine], questionner, quiz…
concurs de preguntes, examen, prova…
quiz, test, kort examen…
நீங்கள் கேள்விகளுக்கு பதிலளிக்கும் ஒரு விளையாட்டு அல்லது போட்டி, ஒரு குறுகிய, முறைசாரா சோதனை…
क्विज़, प्रश्नोतरी, एक खेल या प्रतियोगिता जिसमें आप प्रश्नों के उत्तर देते हैं…
પ્રશ્નોત્તરી, એક રમત કે સ્પર્ધા જેમાં તમે પૂછાયેલા પ્રશ્નોના જવાબ આપો છો., ટૂંકી…
quiz, prøve…
frågesport, förhör…
kuiz…
das Quiz, der Schnelltest…
spørrekonkurranse [masculine], test [masculine], spørre ut…
سوال و جواب کا کھیل, مقابلہ, سوال و جواب کا مختصر،غیر رسمی امتحان…
опитування, вікторина, перевірні запитання…
викторина, небольшая контрольная работа, расспрашивать…
ప్రహేళిక, చిన్న, ఇష్టాగోష్టి పరీక్ష…
مُسابَقة, اِخْتِبار قَصير…
ক্যুইজ, সাধারণ জ্ঞানের প্রশ্নোত্তর প্রতিযোগিতা অনুষ্ঠান, ছোটোখাটো সাধারণ পরীক্ষা…
kvíz, písemka…
kuis, ulangan…
การถาม, การสอบ…
cuộc thi đố, cuộc thi vấn đáp…
kwiz, quiz, teleturniej…
퀴즈, (학교에서 짧은) 테스트…
quiz, compito in classe, (esame a base di quiz)…
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