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Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. The act of examine.
Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
Examination may refer to: Physical examination , a medical procedure Questioning and more specific forms thereof, for example in law: Cross-examination Direct examination Test (assessment) , informally "exam"
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. the act of examining something closely (as for mistakes) [syn: scrutiny ] a set of questions or exercises evaluating skill or knowledge; "when the test was stolen the professor had to make a new set of questions" [syn: exam , test ] formal systematic ...
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a close examination ▪ A closer examination of the facts soon solved the mystery. an eyesight examination/test ▪ The cost of the eyesight examination may be refunded. careful analysis/examination/study etc ▪ careful analysis ...
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Test \Test\, n. [OE. test test, or cupel, potsherd, F. t[^e]t, from L. testum an earthen vessel; akin to testa a piece of burned clay, an earthen pot, a potsherd, perhaps for tersta, and akin to torrere to patch, terra earth (cf. Thirst , and Terrace ), ...
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
late 14c., "action of testing or judging; judicial inquiry," from Old French examinacion , from Latin examinationem (nominative examinatio ), noun of action from past participle stem of examinare "to weigh; to ponder, consider" (see examine ). Sense of ...
Usage examples of examination.
On examination, we found a very varicose or enlarged condition of the left spermatic veins, and gave it as our opinion that the seminal loss was wholly due to this abnormal condition and could only be cured by an operation that would remove the varicocele.
For a long time the abnormality was not believed to exist, and some of the observers denied the proof by postmortem examination of any of the cases so diagnosed, but there is at present no doubt of the fact,--three, four, and five testicles having been found at autopsies.
The Abies children would be turned over to their maternal grandparents following a nutritious meal, routine physical and psychological examinations, and subsequent individual questioning.
Very little careful examination would have sufficed to find, in the second section of the very first article of the Constitution, the names of every one of the thirteen then existent States distinctly mentioned, with the number of representatives to which each would be entitled, in case of acceding to the Constitution, until a census of their population could be taken.
An Englishman took the bill, and after a careful examination said he neither knew the drawer, the accepter, nor the backer.
Meanwhile, he busied himself adjusting his microscope and test-tubes and getting the agar slides ready for examination.
Judge, answering to the said appeal, if it may be called an appeal, says that he, the Judge, has proceeded and did intend to proceed in accordance with the Canonical decrees and the Imperial statutes and laws, and has not departed from the path of either law nor intended so to depart, and has in no way acted or intended to act unjustly towards the appellant, as is manifest from an examination of the alleged grounds for this appeal.
I began a more careful examination of the interior but without touching anything, and it was clean, almost as if it had been cleaned out.
I will ignore the fact that the stethoscope really initiated auscultation as a useful examination procedure.
It was during one such visit, about a week after Mijnheer Beek had returned home, that Christina, having helped her patient to undress and dress again after his examination, settled the old man in his chair once more and helped Mevrouw Beek fetch in the coffee, obediently sat down to drink her own, the signal for we walk back the way we came?
It was during one such visit, about a week after Mijnheer Beek had returned home, that Christina, having helped her patient to undress and dress again after his examination, settled the old man in his chair once more and helped Mevrouw Beek fetch in the coffee, obediently sat down to drink her own, the signal for Mijnheer Beek to fire questions at her about this, that and the other thing, to be answered in correct Dutch.
And when the examination was concluded, that afternoon, the doctor informed Bibbs that the result was much too satisfactory to be pleasing.
Hmong about Christopher Columbus, Betsy Ross, and the advantages of the bicameral system in preparation for their naturalization examinations.
Then he made a further examination of the house, finding more boucan stored in a small, low attic, also clothing, both outer and inner garments, nautical instruments, including a compass, a pair of glasses of power, and bottles of medicine, the use of some of which he knew.
And I will say to this meeting that the sense of alarm that I had that morning lest the movement should mislead the public, was the motive that induced me to lay aside my business, go to the Broadway Bank and make a personal examination.