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Definitions: Testimonial |
TestimonialAdjective1. Expressing admiration or appreciation; "testimonial dinner". 2. Of or relating to or constituting testimony. Noun1. Something that serves as evidence; "his effort was testimony to his devotion". 2. Something given or done as an expression of esteem. 3. Something that recommends (or expresses commendation). Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "testimonial" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1776. (references) |
Synonyms: TestimonialSynonyms: good word (n), recommendation (n), testimony (n), tribute (n). (additional references) |
(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
Testimonials were a common feature of patent medicine advertising. The pages of almanacs and other promotional literature were filled with pages of testimonials, some with accompanying photographs, that tell of the healing powers of the products in question. Dr. R. V. Pierce, marketer of Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery, published The People's Common Sense Medical Adviser in 1875; it was still being offered to the public forty years later. In addition to a fair explanation of medical knowledge at the time it appeared, this book contained literally hundreds of testimonials extolling Pierce's nostrums, or talking up the virtues of Pierce's Buffalo, New York clinic. Stern photographs of women who owe the cure of their "female weakness" to Pierce's medicines accompany many of the letters. A Denver, Colorado man's testimonial affirms that they put an end to his "self-abuse:"
This coup, unfortunately, was scored at the end of the era. Later advertisers found that no one bothered to read the testimonials anymore; the sheer bulk of their numbers made them no more convincing or appealing. A warier public wondered whether these anecdotes really proved anything, and their genuineness was often doubted. Celebrity endorsements remain with us. Occasionally the makers of a consumer product do in fact use a consumer's letter in its praise in an advertising campaign. But for the most part, the bulk presentation of testimonials is an advertising technique that has fallen by the wayside.
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Testimonial."
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Record | Monument, hatchment, slab, tablet, trophy, achievement; obelisk, pillar, column, monolith; memorial; memento; (memory); testimonial, medal; commemoration; (celebration). |
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Crosswords: Testimonial |
| Non-English Usage: "Testimonial" is also a word in the following language with English translations in parentheses. Spanish (testimonial, token). |
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Movie/TV Titles | Testimonial (2002) | |
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit | Thumbnail | Description & Credit |
 | Saved! A testimonial.Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Mayflower Hotel. Cosmopolitan testimonial for Mayflower Hotel.Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | Washington Gas Light Co. Testimonial on use of gas (portrait for advertising) I.Credit: Library of Congress. | ||
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Magna Carta | 1215 | And on this head, we have caused to be made for them letters testimonial patent of the lord Stephen, archbishop of Canterbury, of the lord Henry, archbishop of Dublin, of the bishops aforesaid, and of Master Pandulf as touching this security and the concessions aforesaid. (reference) |
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| "Testimonial" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Testimonial" is used about 92 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 100% | 92 | 34,282 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "testimonial": copy of testimonial ♦ testimonial reference. Additional references. | |
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| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Language | Translations for "testimonial"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | rekomandim (commendation, recommendation), dhuratë (benevolence, bestowal, bounty, contribution, endowment, fairing, Favor, favour, gift, grant, handsel, oblation, offering, premium, present, presentation, token), dëshmues (evidential, indicative, probative), dëshmi (attestation, bill, certificate, certification, deposition, document, evidence, licence, license, muniment, policy, proof, sign, testimony, witness). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | توصية (behest, commendation, order, recommendation, reference, testament), شىء يقدم إعترفا للجميل, شهادة (attestation, certificate, certification, credentials, debenture, degree, deposition, diploma, evidence, paper-qualification, show, testification, testimony, testiness, ticket, token, witness), دليل (attestation, clue, companion, directory, evidence, guide, guidebook, in evidence, index, pilot, proof, substantiation, telltale, testimony), برهان (argument, attestation, confirmation, evidence, proof, proofing, reasoning, substantiation, testimony, warranty). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | свидетелствуващ, свидетелство (certificate, diploma, document, testimony, ticket, warrant, witness), монумент (monument), атестат, препоръчително писмо, препоръчителен (advisable, commendable, credential, recommendable, recommendatory, well), препоръка (commendation, recommendation, reference, rider, warrant), приветствен (acclamatory). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | svìdectví (attestation, authority, evidence, indication, testimony, witness), potvrzení (acknowledgement, certificate, confirmation, corroboration, voucher), osvìdèení (certificate, certification), èestný dar. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | anbefaling (recommendation). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | testimonial, schriftelijke getuigenverklaring (certificate, written testimony), geschreven getuigenbewijs (certificate). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Farsi | پاداش (Back, Gratuity, Hay, Remuneration), گواهی نامه (Credential), تصدیق نامه , سفارش وتوصیه , جایزه (Award, Bonus, Premium, Prize, Trophy), رضایت نامه , شهادت (Evidence, Martyrdom, Testimony), شاهد (Instance, Theme, Voucher). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | kirjallinen todistus (certificate). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | témoignage (testification, testimony, testiness). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | zeugnis (attestation, certificate, character, evidence, grade, Mark, qualification, receipt, reference, report, school report, testimony, witness). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | συστατικόσ (commendatory, constituent, recommendatory), συστατικό (component, constituent, ingredient), μαρτυρίες, πιστοποιητικόσ, πιστοποιητικό (certificate, credential, scrip), τιμητικόσ (honorific, titular, titulary). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | תעו"ת "וקר", כתב "מלצ". (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | bizonyítvány (bill, certificate, chitty, credentials, grade card, school report), ajánlólevél (letter of recommendation, recommendation, reference). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Indonesian | tanda penghargaan. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | testimonianza scritta (certificate), testimoniale, testimonial, referenze (referral), benservito (character). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 贈与証書 (presentation certificate), 表彰状 (certificate of commendation), メディア王 (management, media mogul, medical engineering, medical social worker, medical technologist, meditation, medley, medley relay, melamine, melanin, memoires, memorandum, memorial hall, memory, memory card, memory dump, Meniere, menu, metric, metro, metronome, metropolis, metropolitan, minuet, Moebius, MSW, MT, remembrances, to take notes). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | ぞうよしょうしょ (presentation certificate), メモリアル , ひょうしょうじょう (certificate of commendation). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | screeuyn recortys. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | estimonialtay depoimento escrito (certificate), dádiva (boon, box, dole, gift, godsend, Kef, largess, largesse, offer), certificado (attest, certificate, certification, evidence of title, floater, indenture, receipt, script, testimony, vocational competence certificate, warrant), certidão (acknowledgement, acknowledgment, affidavit, certificate, receipt, voucher), atestado (acknowledgement, acknowledgment, affidavit, attest, certificate, docket, testimony, verification). (various references) scrisoare de recomandare (letter of introduction), recomandare scrisã, recomandare (character, commendation, introduction, prescript, prescription, recommendation, reference), certificat (attestation, certificate, patent, record, ticket, voucher), caracterizare (character, characterization, reference), cadou oferit în public în semn de recunoaştere. (various references) рекомендация (commendation, recommendation, reference). (various references) zavetni (votive), uverenje (assurance, assuredness, certainty), potvrda (acknowledgement, approbation, certificate, certification, confirmation, corroboration, verification, vindication), pohvalan (creditable, laudable, laudative, praiseworthy), počasni (honorary), pismena pohvalnica. (various references) testimonial (token). (various references) skriftligt bevis (certificate), rekommenderingsbrev, rekommendation (commendation, intercession, introduction, recommendation, registration), intyg (attestation, certificate, chit, testimony), hedersgåva, betyg (certificate, character, class, credentials, grade, Mark, report). (various references) เกี่ยวกับหนังสือรับรอง, หนังสือรับรอง (reference). (various references) takdirnâme (citation), bonservis (character, letter of recommendation, reference), başarı belgesi (pass degree). (various references) характеристика (characteristic, characterization, chit, datum), ознака (augury, badge, bodement, character, characteristic, diagnostic, indication, note, omen, ostent, portent, prognostic, prophet, sign, vestige), нагорода (award, bacon, distinction, guerdon, meed, pay off, payoff, premium, price, prize, reward, tribute), подячний, доказовий (arguable, argumentative, demonstrable, demonstrative, evidential, evidentiary, probative, probatory, provable, proveable). (various references) giấy chứng thực qu tặng, giấy chứng nhận (certificate, chop). (various references) tystlythyr, tysteb. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Words beginning with "testimonial": testimonials. (additional references) | |
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"Testimonial" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: testamonial, testemonial, testmonial. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "testimonial" (pronounced te'stumō"nēul) |
| 7 | -u m ō" n ē u l | ceremonial, matrimonial. |
| 5 | -ō" n ē u l | colonial. |
| 4 | -n ē u l | bicentennial, biennial, centennial, decennial, intracranial, lineal, matrilineal, menial, millennial, patrilineal, perennial, quadrennial, triennial. |
| 3 | -ē u l | actuarial, adverbial, adversarial, advertorial, aerial, alluvial, ambassadorial, antibacterial, arboreal, Ariel, arterial, bacterial, biaxial, binomial, biomaterial, bronchial, burial, cereal, coaxial, collegial, colloquial, conspiratorial, convivial, curatorial, custodial, dictatorial, directorial, editorial, endometrial, entrepreneurial, equatorial, ethereal, extraterrestrial, extraterritorial, filial, fluvial, gubernatorial, immaterial, immemorial, imperial, industrial, janitorial, jovial, laryngeal, magisterial, malarial, managerial, marsupial, material, medial, memorial, mercurial, microbial, ministerial, myocardial, nomenclatorial, parochial, pictorial, pluvial, polynomial, primordial, professorial, prosecutorial, proverbial, pseudopodial, radial, raptorial, remedial, reportorial, sartorial, secretarial, senatorial, serial, terrestrial, territorial, tracheal, trivial, tutorial, venereal, vestigial, vitriol. |
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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-e-i-i-l-m-n-o-s-t-t" | |
-1 letter: estimation, tonalities. | |
-2 letters: alimonies, intimates, limonites, mentalist, militants, militates, ministate, semitonal, siltation. | |
-3 letters: ailments, alienism, alienist, aliments, amniotes, elations, imitates, insolate, intimate, intitles, laminose, limonite, lintiest, litanies, loamiest, maltiest, manliest, mantlets, matelots, melanist, metalist, militant, militate, miltiest, mintiest, misatone, mistitle, motliest, ostinati, semolina, smaltine, smaltite, titanism, toenails, totalise, totalism. | |
-4 letters: ailment, aliment, altoist, amities, amniote, amosite, animist, anisole, anomies, atomies, atomise, atomist, atonies, elastin, elation, elision, elitism, elitist, entails, entoils, etalons, etamins, etatism, imitate, inmates, inosite, instate, intimae, intimal, intimas, intitle, iolites, isatine, isolate, isoline, laities, laments, latents, latinos, lattens, lattins, liaison, limiest, limites, liniest, lionise, litotes, lomeins, lomenta, loments, malines, malison, maltose, manitos, mantels, mantles, mantlet, matelot, mattins, meltons, menials, mestino, mislain, mitiest, mittens, moisten, motiles, mottles, nailset, notates, oiliest, omental, salient, saltine, santimi, satinet, seminal, sentimo, slainte, smitten, somital, station, stomate, talents, talions, tameins, telamon, tenails, tiniest, titians, toenail, toilets, tolanes, tomenta, toniest, tonlets. | |
-5 letters: aiolis, aliens, alines, almost, aloins, aments, amines, amnios, amoles, animes, animis, anoles, anomie, atones, elains, elints, eloins, emails, enlist, entail, entoil, eolian, eonism, etalon, etamin, imines, inlets, inmate, inmost, inseam, insole, instal, instil, intima, intime, iolite, ionise, isatin, lament, lamest, lanose, latens, latent, latest, latino, latten, lattes, lattin, lemans, lemons, lentos, lesion, liaise, lianes, limans, limens, limina, limits, listen, litten, lomein, loment, lottes, mailes, maline, maloti, manito, mantel, mantes, mantis, mantle, matins, mattes, mattin, melons, melton, menial, mensal, mental, mesial, mesian, metals, misate, miseat, mislie, mislit, mitten, molest, molies, moline, molten, monies, monist, montes, motels, motets, motile, mottes, mottle, notate, oilman, oilmen, oleins, omenta, osteal, otitis, saimin, saline, salmon, saltie, samiel, samite, samlet, santol, semina, seniti, silane, sileni, silent, simian, simile, simlin, simnel, sitten, smalti, smalto, solate, solemn, somite, stamen, stelai, stolen, stomal, stotin, taints, talent, talion, talons, tamein, tamest, tanist, telson, tenail, tenias, teston, tineal, tineas, tinsel, tisane, titans, titian, titles, titman, titmen, toiles, toilet, tolane, tolans, tomans, tonlet, tonsil, totals, totems. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-e-i-i-l-m-n-o-s-t-t" | |
+1 letter: emotionalist, testimonials. | |
+2 letters: alimentations, delimitations, emotionalists, legitimations, restimulation. | |
+3 letters: antimetabolics, emotionalistic, emotionalities, metallizations, monotheistical, restimulations. | |
+4 letters: antimetabolites, delegitimations, demonstrability, implementations, legitimizations, microtonalities, monumentalities, overstimulating, overstimulation, reimplantations, thermalizations. | |
+5 letters: antievolutionism, environmentalist, hyperstimulation, indomitabilities, intermodulations, internationalism, interstimulation, malpractitioners, materializations, monotheistically, nonmaterialistic, overstimulations. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01010100 01100101 01110011 01110100 01101001 01101101 01101111 01101110 01101001 01100001 01101100 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)T e s t i m o n i a l |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0054 0065 0073 0074 0069 006D 006F 006E 0069 0061 006C |
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