noun
Meaning 1
The act of examining.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
examination
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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Received-Pronunciation: /ɪɡˌzæm.ɪˈneɪ.ʃən/
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Received-Pronunciation: /ɛɡ-/
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Canada, General-American: /ɪɡˌzæm.əˈneɪ.ʃən/
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Canada, General-American: [ɪɡˌzɛəm.əˈneɪ.ʃn̩]
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Australian: /ɪɡˌzæm.əˈnæɪ.ʃən/
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New-Zealand: /əɡˌzɛm.əˈnæɪ.ʃən/
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rhymes with -eɪʃən
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noun
Meaning 2
Particularly, an inspection by a medical professional to establish the extent and nature of any sickness or injury.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 3
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.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: education
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 4
Interrogation, particularly by a lawyer in court or during discovery.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
Meaning 5
the act of examining something closely (as for mistakes)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: scrutiny
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: investigation, investigating
Narrower terms: audit, autopsy, necropsy, postmortem, post-mortem, PM, postmortem examination, post-mortem examination, checkup, medical checkup, medical examination, medical exam, medical, health check, comparison, comparing, fine-tooth comb, fine-toothed comb, follow-up, followup, reexamination, review, going-over, once-over, look-over, ophthalmoscopy, palpation, tactual exploration, endoscopy, gonioscopy, keratoscopy, rhinoscopy, scan, search, survey, study, testing, time and motion study, time-and-motion study, time-motion study, motion study, time study, work study, inspection, bank examination
noun
Meaning 6
the act of giving students or candidates a test (as by questions) to determine what they know or have learned
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: testing
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: investigation, investigating
Narrower terms: eleven-plus, 11-plus
noun
Meaning 7
a detailed inspection of your conscience (as done daily by Jesuits)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: examen
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: introspection, self-contemplation, self-examination
noun
Meaning 8
formal systematic questioning
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: interrogation, interrogatory
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: questioning, inquiring
Narrower terms: catechism, deposition, inquisition, third degree, cross-examination, direct examination, redirect examination, reexamination, interview, debriefing
noun
Meaning 9
a set of questions or exercises evaluating skill or knowledge
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- when the test was stolen the professor had to make a new set of questions
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: exam, test
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: communication, communicating
Narrower terms: bar examination, bar exam, comprehensive examination, comprehensive, comp, entrance examination, entrance exam, final examination, final exam, final, litmus test, midterm examination, midterm exam, midterm, oral, oral exam, oral examination, viva voce, viva, preliminary examination, preliminary exam, prelim, quiz, test paper, examination paper, exam paper, question sheet, tripos
History
Etymology
From Middle English examinacioun, from Old French examinacion, from Latin exāminātiō. Morphologically examine + -ation.
Across languages
Translations
259 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Arabic: اِخْتِبَار (iḵtibār) — act of examining
- Arabic: اِمْتِحَان (imtiḥān) — act of examining
- Arabic: إختبار (eḵtebār) — act of examining
- Arabic: إمتحان (emteḥān) — act of examining
- Armenian: քննություն (kʻnnutʻyun) — act of examining
- Armenian: փորձաքննություն (pʻorjakʻnnutʻyun) — act of examining
- Azerbaijani: müayinə — act of examining
- Azerbaijani: yoxlama — act of examining
- Azerbaijani: təftiş — act of examining
- Bengali: ইমতেহান (imtehan) — act of examining
- Bulgarian: изсле́дване (izslédvane) — act of examining
- Finnish: tutkimus — act of examining
- Finnish: tutkiminen — act of examining
- Finnish: tarkastelu — act of examining
- French: examen — act of examining
- Georgian: გამოკვლევა (gamoḳvleva) — act of examining
- German: Prüfung — act of examining
- German: Untersuchung — act of examining
- Ancient Greek: σκέψις (sképsis) — act of examining
- Hindi: परीक्षण (parīkṣaṇ) — act of examining
- Hungarian: vizsgálat — act of examining
- Hungarian: ellenőrzés — act of examining
- Hungarian: kivizsgálás — act of examining
- Hungarian: bevizsgálás — act of examining
- Hungarian: átvizsgálás — act of examining
- Ingrian: tutkimus — act of examining
- Malayalam: പരിശോധന (pariśōdhana) — act of examining
- Māori: mātaitanga — act of examining
- Marathi: तपासणी (tapāsṇī) — act of examining
- Iranian Persian: بَرْرِسی (barresi) — act of examining
- Portuguese: exame — act of examining
- Romanian: examinare — act of examining
- Romanian: examen — act of examining
- Russian: прове́рка (provérka) — act of examining
- Russian: иссле́дование (isslédovanije) — act of examining
- Russian: рассмотре́ние (rassmotrénije) — act of examining
- Slovak: obhliadka — act of examining
- Slovak: prehliadka — act of examining
- Slovak: skúmanie — act of examining
- Spanish: examen — act of examining
- Spanish: examinación — act of examining
- Thai: ไต่สวน (dtài-sǔuan) — act of examining
- Turkish: imtihan etmek — act of examining
- Turkish: sınav yamak — act of examining
- Vietnamese: kiểm tra — act of examining
- Walloon: corwaitaedje — act of examining
- Walloon: scarwaitaedje — act of examining
- Arabic: فَحْص (faḥṣ) — inspection by a doctor
- Armenian: զննում (znnum) — inspection by a doctor
- Armenian: բուժզննում (bužznnum) — inspection by a doctor
- Azerbaijani: müayinə — inspection by a doctor
- Azerbaijani: yoxlayış — inspection by a doctor
- Belarusian: агля́д (ahljád) — inspection by a doctor
- Bulgarian: пре́глед (prégled) — inspection by a doctor
- Chinese Mandarin: 檢查 /检查 (jiǎnchá) — inspection by a doctor
- Czech: vyšetření — inspection by a doctor
- Danish: undersøgelse — inspection by a doctor
- Dutch: onderzoek — inspection by a doctor
- Finnish: tutkimus — inspection by a doctor
- Finnish: tarkastus — inspection by a doctor
- French: examen — inspection by a doctor
- Georgian: გამოკვლევა (gamoḳvleva) — inspection by a doctor
- Georgian: გასინჯვა (gasinǯva) — inspection by a doctor
- German: Untersuchung — inspection by a doctor
- Greek: εξέταση (exétasi) — inspection by a doctor
- Hindi: परीक्षण (parīkṣaṇ) — inspection by a doctor
- Hungarian: vizsgálat — inspection by a doctor
- Icelandic: skoðun — inspection by a doctor
- Indonesian: pemeriksaan — inspection by a doctor
- Italian: esame — inspection by a doctor
- Italian: visita — inspection by a doctor
- Japanese: 診察 (shinsatsu) — inspection by a doctor
- Japanese: 検査 (kensa) — inspection by a doctor
- Japanese: 診療 (shinryō) — inspection by a doctor
- Kazakh: қарау (qarau) — inspection by a doctor
- Khmer: ការពិនិត្យ (kaa pinɨt) — inspection by a doctor
- Korean: 진찰 (jinchal) — inspection by a doctor
- Korean: 검사 (geomsa) — inspection by a doctor
- Kyrgyz: кароо (karoo) — inspection by a doctor
- Lithuanian: apžiūrà — inspection by a doctor
- Macedonian: преглед (pregled) — inspection by a doctor
- Malay: pemeriksaan — inspection by a doctor
- Malayalam: പരിശോധന (pariśōdhana) — inspection by a doctor
- Marathi: तपासणी (tapāsṇī) — inspection by a doctor
- Marathi: चाचणी (cācṇī) — inspection by a doctor
- Norwegian Bokmål: undersøkelse — inspection by a doctor
- Iranian Persian: مُعایِنِه (mo'âyene) — inspection by a doctor
- Polish: badanie — inspection by a doctor
- Polish: oględziny — inspection by a doctor
- Portuguese: exame — inspection by a doctor
- Romanian: examinare — inspection by a doctor
- Romanian: examen medical — inspection by a doctor
- Romanian: consult medical — inspection by a doctor
- Russian: осмо́тр (osmótr) — inspection by a doctor
- Russian: медосмо́тр (medosmótr) — inspection by a doctor
- Serbo-Croatian: пре́глед — inspection by a doctor
- Serbo-Croatian: прије́глед — inspection by a doctor
- Serbo-Croatian: prégled — inspection by a doctor
- Serbo-Croatian: prijégled — inspection by a doctor
- Slovak: vyšetrenie — inspection by a doctor
- Slovak: prehliadka — inspection by a doctor
- Slovene: pregled — inspection by a doctor
- Spanish: examen — inspection by a doctor
- Spanish: examinación — inspection by a doctor
- Swahili: ukaguzi — inspection by a doctor
- Swedish: undersökning — inspection by a doctor
- Tajik: муоина (muoyina) — inspection by a doctor
- Turkish: muayene — inspection by a doctor
- Ukrainian: о́гляд (óhljad) — inspection by a doctor
- Urdu: مُعائِنَہ (mu'āina) — inspection by a doctor
- Uzbek: koʻrik — inspection by a doctor
- Walloon: vizite — inspection by a doctor
- Albanian: provim — formal test
- Arabic: اِمْتِحَان (imtiḥān) — formal test
- Arabic: اِخْتِبَار (iḵtibār) — formal test
- Armenian: քննություն (kʻnnutʻyun) — formal test
- Azerbaijani: imtahan — formal test
- Azerbaijani: sınaq — formal test
- Bashkir: имтихан (imtixan) — formal test
- Belarusian: экза́мен (ekzámjen) — formal test
- Belarusian: экза́мэн (ekzámen) — formal test
- Belarusian: тэст (test) — formal test
- Bengali: পরীক্ষা (porikkha) — formal test
- Bengali: ইমতেহান (imtehan) — formal test
- Bulgarian: и́зпит (ízpit) — formal test
- Bulgarian: тест (test) — formal test
- Bulgarian: изпитване (ízpitvane) — formal test
- Bulgarian: писмено (písmeno) — formal test
- Burmese: စာမေးပွဲ (came:pwai:) — formal test
- Catalan: examen — formal test
- Chinese Cantonese: 考試 /考试 (haau2 si5) — formal test
- Chinese: кошу (košu) — formal test
- Chinese: кофа (kofa) — formal test
- Chinese: 考試 /考试 (zh-min-nan) — formal test
- Chinese Mandarin: 考試 /考试 (kǎoshì) — formal test
- Chinese Mandarin: 測驗 /测验 (cèyàn) — formal test
- Ngazidja Comorian: mtihani — formal test
- Ngazidja Comorian: gizama — formal test
- Crimean Tatar: imtian — formal test
- Czech: zkouška — formal test
- Danish: eksamen — formal test
- Danish: prøve — formal test
- Dutch: tentamen — formal test
- Dutch: toets — formal test
- Dutch: proefwerk — formal test
- Dutch: examen — formal test
- Esperanto: ekzameno — formal test
- Estonian: eksam — formal test
- Finnish: tentti — formal test
- Finnish: koe — formal test
- French: examen — formal test
- Georgian: გამოცდა (gamocda) — formal test
- German: Prüfung — formal test
- German: Test — formal test
- German: Überprüfung — formal test
- German: Erprobung — formal test
- German: Versuch — formal test
- German: Examen — formal test
- German: Klausur — formal test
- Greek: εξέταση (exétasi) — formal test
- Greek: διαγώνισμα (diagónisma) — formal test
- Ancient Greek: δοκιμασία (dokimasía) — formal test
- Hebrew: מִבְחָן (mivkhán) — formal test
- Hindi: परीक्षा (parīkṣā) — formal test
- Hindi: इम्तहान (imtahān) — formal test
- Hungarian: vizsga — formal test
- Icelandic: próf — formal test
- Indonesian: ujian — formal test
- Indonesian: tes — formal test
- Irish: scrúdú — formal test
- Italian: esame — formal test
- Japanese: 試験 (shiken) — formal test
- Japanese: テスト (tesuto) — formal test
- Japanese: 考査 (kōsa) — formal test
- Kannada: ಪರೀಕ್ಷೆ (parīkṣe) — formal test
- Kazakh: емтихан (emtixan) — formal test
- Kazakh: сынақ (synaq) — formal test
- Khmer: ប្រឡង់ (prɑɑlɑng) — formal test
- Khmer: វិញ្ញាសា (vɨññiəsaa) — formal test
- Korean: 시험 (siheom) — formal test
- Korean: 테스트 (teseuteu) — formal test
- Korean: 고사 (gosa) — formal test
- Northern Kurdish: imtîhan — formal test
- Northern Kurdish: ezmûn — formal test
- Northern Kurdish: azmûn — formal test
- Kyrgyz: экзамен (ekzamen) — formal test
- Kyrgyz: сынак (sınak) — formal test
- Lao: ການສອບ (kān sǭp) — formal test
- Latin: inquisitio — formal test
- Latin: quaestio — formal test
- Latvian: eksāmens — formal test
- Lithuanian: egzaminas — formal test
- Macedonian: испит (ispit) — formal test
- Malay: peperiksaan — formal test
- Malayalam: പരീക്ഷ (parīkṣa) — formal test
- Māori: whakamātautau — formal test
- Marathi: परीक्षा (parīkṣā) — formal test
- Mongolian: шалгалт (šalgalt) — formal test
- Norwegian Bokmål: eksamen — formal test
- Norwegian Bokmål: prøve — formal test
- Norwegian Nynorsk: eksamen — formal test
- Pannonian Rusyn: испит (ispit) — formal test
- Pannonian Rusyn: випит (vipit) — formal test
- Pannonian Rusyn: еґзамент (egzament) — formal test
- Pashto: امتحان (emtehān) — formal test
- Pashto: ازمېیښت (azmeyǝ́x̌t) — formal test
- Pashto: ازمويښت (azmoyǝ́x̌t) — formal test
- Iranian Persian: اِمْتِحان (emtehân) — formal test
- Iranian Persian: آزْمون (âzmun) — formal test
- Iranian Persian: تِسْت (test) — formal test
- Plautdietsch: Eksamen — formal test
- Polish: egzamin — formal test
- Polish: sprawdzian — formal test
- Portuguese: exame — formal test
- Punjabi: ਪਰੀਖਿਆ (parīkhiā) — formal test
- Romanian: examen — formal test
- Romansh: examen — formal test
- Russian: экза́мен (ekzámen) — formal test
- Russian: тест (tɛst) — formal test
- Russian: зачёт (začót) — formal test
- Sanskrit: परीक्षा (parīkṣā) — formal test
- Serbo-Croatian: ѝспит — formal test
- Serbo-Croatian: ìspit — formal test
- Slovak: skúška — formal test
- Slovene: izpit — formal test
- Spanish: examen — formal test
- Spanish: examinación — formal test
- Swahili: mtihani — formal test
- Swedish: tentamen — formal test
- Swedish: tenta — formal test
- Swedish: prov — formal test
- Swedish: skrivning — formal test
- Tagalog: pagsusulit — formal test
- Tajik: имтиҳон (imtihon) — formal test
- Tajik: озмун (ozmun) — formal test
- Tatar: имтихан (imtixan) — formal test
- Thai: การสอบ (gaan-sɔ̀ɔp) — formal test
- Turkish: sınav — formal test
- Turkish: imtihan — formal test
- Turkmen: ekzamen — formal test
- Turkmen: synag — formal test
- Turkmen: zaçýot — formal test
- Ukrainian: екза́мен (ekzámen) — formal test
- Ukrainian: і́спит (íspyt) — formal test
- Ukrainian: тест (test) — formal test
- Urdu: اِمْتِحان (imtihān) — formal test
- Urdu: پَرِیکْشا (parīkśā) — formal test
- Uyghur: ئىمتىھان (imtihan) — formal test
- Uzbek: imtihon — formal test
- Uzbek: ekzamen — formal test
- Uzbek: sinov — formal test
- Vietnamese: thi — formal test
- Vietnamese: khảo thí — formal test
- Vilamovian: prifung — formal test
- Volapük: xam — formal test
- Walloon: egzamin — formal test
- Welsh: arholiad — formal test
- Yiddish: עקזאַמען (ekzamen) — formal test
- Yiddish: בחינה (bkhine) — formal test
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