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Examine; Examination (disambiguation)
examine
(examines, examining, examined)
Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English.
1.
If you examine something, you look at it carefully.
He examined her passport and stamped it...
VERB: V n
• examination (examinations)
The Navy is to carry out an examination of the wreck tomorrow...
= inspection
N-VAR
2.
If a doctor examines you, he or she looks at your body, feels it, or does simple tests in order to check how healthy you are.
Another doctor examined her and could still find nothing wrong...
VERB: V n
• examination
He was later discharged after an examination at Westminster Hospital...
N-VAR
3.
If an idea, proposal, or plan is examined, it is considered very carefully.
The plans will be examined by EU environment ministers.
VERB: V n
• examination
The proposal requires careful examination and consideration.
N-VAR
4.
If you are examined, you are given a formal test in order to show your knowledge of a subject.
...learning to cope with the pressures of being judged and examined by our teachers.
VERB: usu passive, be V-ed
Examine
·vt To interrogate as in a judicial proceeding; to try or test by question; as, to examine a witness in order to elicit testimony, a student to test his qualifications, a bankrupt touching the state of his property, ·etc.
II. Examine ·vt To test by any appropriate method; to inspect carefully with a view to discover the real character or state of; to subject to inquiry or inspection of particulars for the purpose of obtaining a fuller insight into the subject of examination, as a material substance, a fact, a reason, a cause, the truth of a statement; to inquire or search into; to Explore; as, to examine a mineral; to examine a ship to know whether she is seaworthy; to examine a proposition, theory, or question.
examine
v.
1) to examine carefully, closely, thoroughly
2) (D; tr.) to examine for (to examine a car for defects)
3) (D; tr.) to examine in (to examine students in physics)
Wikipedia
Examination
Examination may refer to:
- Physical examination, a medical procedure
- Questioning and more specific forms thereof, for example in law:
- Cross-examination
- Direct examination
- Exam as assessment, also "test", "exams", "evaluation"
- Civil service entrance examination
- Imperial examination
- Civil service entrance examination
Pronunciation examples for Examine
1. We examine the subject.
Light in Still Life Photography _ Alex Koloskov _ Talks at Google
2. to examine deeply.
Standing at The Edge _ Joan Halifax _ Talks at Google
3. Let's examine historical record.
Ensuring Accessibility Through Empathy _ Anne Taylor _ Talks at Google
4. to approach and examine.
Fall; or, Dodge in Hell - A Novel _ Neal Stephenson _ Talks at Google
5. started to examine this.
Judith Wright _ Talks at Google
Examples of use of Examine
1. Ministers: Examine serious proposals Two senior cabinet ministers Friday urged Israel to examine any serious cease–fire proposal from Hamas.
2. Senators did not examine alleged insider trading.
3. According to the protesters, the group managed to examine documentation on the US National Air Guard plane about midnight, before attempting to examine another cargo plane.
4. "But we must all exercise patience while we examine and re–examine every single aspect of these tragic events." A spokesman for Johnston‘s family, the Rev.
5. The database provides an opportunity to examine this.