test of time
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test of time (usually uncountable, plural tests of time)
- The correlation of longevity with validity of an idea or trend.
- to pass the test of time
- Reason away, but the test of time will prove me right.
- 2022 November 23, Hadley Freeman, quoting Susan Seidelman, “Like a cinema virgin: how Madonna went stratospheric making Desperately Seeking Susan”, in The Guardian[1]:
- It’s thrilling when you make something that passes the test of time. Because I didn’t even think in those terms when I was making it. I just wanted to put my finger on the pulse of the time.
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The term is usually found with the definite article the, but other combinations that are possible include “this test of time” and “another test of time”.
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Further reading[edit]
- “test of time”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.