examination
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Etymology
From Middle English examinacioun, from Old French examinacion, from Latin exāminātiō. Morphologically examine + -ation
Pronunciation
Noun
examination (countable and uncountable, plural examinations)
- The act of examining.
- 2013 July 20, “Welcome to the plastisphere”, in The Economist, volume 408, number 8845:
- [The researchers] noticed many of their pieces of [plastic marine] debris sported surface pits around two microns across. Such pits are about the size of a bacterial cell. Closer examination showed that some of these pits did, indeed, contain bacteria, […].
- 2014 October 14, David Malcolm, “The Great War Re-Remembered: Allohistory and Allohistorical Fiction”, in Martin Löschnigg, Marzena Sokolowska-Paryz, editors, The Great War in Post-Memory Literature and Film, Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG., →ISBN, page 173:
- The question of the plausibility of the counter-factual is seen as key in all three discussions of allohistorical fiction (as it is in Demandt's and Ferguson's examinations of allohistory) (cf. Rodiek 25–26; Ritter 15–16; Helbig 32).
- Particularly, an inspection by a medical professional to establish the extent and nature of any sickness or injury.
- (education) A formal test involving answering written or oral questions under a time constraint and usually without access to textbooks; typically, a large, written test administered to high school and college students covering course material studied in a semester.
- Interrogation, particularly by a lawyer in court or during discovery.
Derived terms
- 11-plus examination
- bar examination
- blue book examination
- clinical examination
- cross-examination
- cross examination
- direct examination
- entrance examination
- examination-in-chief
- examination of conscience
- examination paper
- examination table
- exam (synonym)
- eye examination
- final examination
- imperial examination
- mock examination
- physical examination
- preliminary examination
- previous examination
- recross examination
- re-cross-examination
- recross-examination
- re-examination
- self-examination
Related terms
Translations
act of examining
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inspection by a doctor
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formal test
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interrogation — see interrogation
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