stand the test of time
To remain useful or valued over a long period of time; to last a long time.
Pop music comes and goes, but classical music has stood the test of time.
test
UK /tɛst/ US /tɛst/
noun 10verb 7name 1
Definitions
noun
1
A challenge, trial.
Numerous experimental tests and other observations have been offered in favor of animal mind reading, and although many scientists are skeptical, others assert that humans are not the only species capable of representing what others do and don’t perceive and know.
2
A cupel or cupelling hearth in which precious metals are melted for trial and refinement.
3
An examination, given often during the academic term.
4
A session in which a product, piece of equipment, or system is examined under everyday or extreme conditions to evaluate its durability, etc.
It's Christmas at ground zero / The button has been pressed / The radio / Just let us know / That this is not a test
5
A Test match.
verb
1
To challenge, to put a strain on (something).
Climbing the mountain tested our stamina.
2
To refine (gold, silver, etc.) in a test or cupel; to subject to cupellation.
3
To put to the proof; to prove the truth, genuineness, or quality of by experiment, or by some principle or standard; to try.
to test the soundness of a principle
to test the validity of an argument
4
To administer or assign an examination, often given during the academic term, to (somebody).
5
To place a product or piece of equipment under everyday and/or extreme conditions and examine it for its durability, etc.
Similar studies of rats have employed four different intracranial resorbable, slow sustained release systems–[…]. Such a slow-release device containing angiogenic factors could be placed on the pia mater covering the cerebral cortex and tested in persons with senile dementia in long term studies.
noun
1
A witness.
1523-1525, John Bourchier, 2nd Baron Berners, Froissart's Chronicles Prelates and great lords of England, who were for the more surety tests of that deed.
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