Meaning of EXAMINATION
| Pronunciation: | | ig`zamu'neyshun
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- [n] the act of giving students or candidates a test (as by questions) to determine what they know or have learned
- [n] the act of examining something closely (as for mistakes)
- [n] examination of conscience (as done daily by Jesuits)
- [n] formal systematic questioning
- [n] 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"
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| | Synonyms: | | exam, examen, interrogation, scrutiny, test, testing |
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| | See Also: | | 11-plus, autopsy, bank examination, bar exam, bar examination, catechism, check, checkout, check-out procedure, checkup, communicating, communication, comparing, comparison, cross-examination, debriefing, deposition, direct examination, eleven-plus, endoscopy, entrance exam, entrance examination, exam paper, examination paper, final, final exam, final examination, fine-tooth comb, fine-toothed comb, follow-up, going-over, health check, inquiring, inquisition, inspection, interview, introspection, investigating, investigation, keratoscopy, litmus test, look-over, medical, medical checkup, medical exam, medical examination, midterm, midterm exam, midterm examination, motion study, necropsy, once-over, oral, oral exam, oral examination, palpation, PM, postmortem, postmortem examination, prelim, preliminary exam, preliminary examination, question sheet, questioning, quiz, redirect examination, reexamination, reexamination, review, rhinoscopy, scan, search, self-contemplation, self-examination, study, survey, tactual exploration, test paper, third degree, time study, time-and-motion study, time-motion study, tripos, viva, viva voce, work study | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Ex*am`i*na"tion\, n. [L. examinatio: cf. F.
examination.]
1. The act of examining, or state of being examined; a
careful search, investigation, or inquiry; scrutiny by
study or experiment.
2. A process prescribed or assigned for testing
qualification; as, the examination of a student, or of a
candidate for admission to the bar or the ministry.
He neglected the studies, . . . stood low at the
examinations. --Macaulay.
{Examination in chief}, or {Direct examination} (Law), that
examination which is made of a witness by a party calling
him.
{Cross-examination}, that made by the opposite party.
{Re["e]xamination}, or {Re-direct examination}, that made by
a party calling a witness, after, and upon matters arising
out of, the cross-examination.
Syn: Search; inquiry; investigation; research; scrutiny;
inquisition; inspection; exploration.
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