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test-fly
vb (tr) , -flies, -flying, -flew or -flown
(Aeronautics) to fly (a plane or rocket) for the first time in order to test its equipment
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test′-fly`
v.t. -flew, -flown, -fly•ing.
to fly (an aircraft or spacecraft) in order to evaluate performance.
[1935–40]
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test-fly
Past participle: test-flown
Gerund: test-flying
| Imperative |
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| test-fly |
| test-fly |
| Present |
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| I test-fly |
| you test-fly |
| he/she/it test-flies |
| we test-fly |
| you test-fly |
| they test-fly |
| Preterite |
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| I test-flew |
| you test-flew |
| he/she/it test-flew |
| we test-flew |
| you test-flew |
| they test-flew |
| Present Continuous |
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| I am test-flying |
| you are test-flying |
| he/she/it is test-flying |
| we are test-flying |
| you are test-flying |
| they are test-flying |
| Present Perfect |
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| I have test-flown |
| you have test-flown |
| he/she/it has test-flown |
| we have test-flown |
| you have test-flown |
| they have test-flown |
| Past Continuous |
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| I was test-flying |
| you were test-flying |
| he/she/it was test-flying |
| we were test-flying |
| you were test-flying |
| they were test-flying |
| Past Perfect |
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| I had test-flown |
| you had test-flown |
| he/she/it had test-flown |
| we had test-flown |
| you had test-flown |
| they had test-flown |
| Future |
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| I will test-fly |
| you will test-fly |
| he/she/it will test-fly |
| we will test-fly |
| you will test-fly |
| they will test-fly |
| Future Perfect |
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| I will have test-flown |
| you will have test-flown |
| he/she/it will have test-flown |
| we will have test-flown |
| you will have test-flown |
| they will have test-flown |
| Future Continuous |
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| I will be test-flying |
| you will be test-flying |
| he/she/it will be test-flying |
| we will be test-flying |
| you will be test-flying |
| they will be test-flying |
| Present Perfect Continuous |
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| I have been test-flying |
| you have been test-flying |
| he/she/it has been test-flying |
| we have been test-flying |
| you have been test-flying |
| they have been test-flying |
| Future Perfect Continuous |
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| I will have been test-flying |
| you will have been test-flying |
| he/she/it will have been test-flying |
| we will have been test-flying |
| you will have been test-flying |
| they will have been test-flying |
| Past Perfect Continuous |
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| I had been test-flying |
| you had been test-flying |
| he/she/it had been test-flying |
| we had been test-flying |
| you had been test-flying |
| they had been test-flying |
| Conditional |
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| I would test-fly |
| you would test-fly |
| he/she/it would test-fly |
| we would test-fly |
| you would test-fly |
| they would test-fly |
| Past Conditional |
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| I would have test-flown |
| you would have test-flown |
| he/she/it would have test-flown |
| we would have test-flown |
| you would have test-flown |
| they would have test-flown |
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