noun
Meaning 1
A person who investigates someone or something.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
examiner
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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/əɡˈzæmɪnɚ/
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noun
Meaning 2
A person who sets an examination.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 3
A person who marks an examination.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
Meaning 4
an investigator who observes carefully
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- the examiner searched for clues
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: inspector
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: investigator
Narrower terms: bank examiner, checker, scrutinizer, scrutiniser, scrutineer, canvasser
noun
Meaning 5
someone who administers a test to determine your qualifications
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: tester, quizzer
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: inquirer, enquirer, questioner, querier, asker
History
Etymology
Etymology tree English examine Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere English -er English examiner From examine + -er.
Across languages
Translations
38 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Afrikaans: eksaminator — person who investigates someone or something
- Chinese Mandarin: 檢查員 /检查员 (jiǎncháyuán) — person who investigates someone or something
- Chinese Mandarin: 調查員 /调查员 (diàocháyuán) — person who investigates someone or something
- Czech: zkoušející — person who investigates someone or something
- Danish: undersøger — person who investigates someone or something
- Danish: sagsbehandler — person who investigates someone or something
- Finnish: tutkija — person who investigates someone or something
- French: examinateur — person who investigates someone or something
- French: examinatrice — person who investigates someone or something
- German: Prüfer — person who investigates someone or something
- Greek: εξεταστής (exetastís) — person who investigates someone or something
- Greek: εξετάστρια (exetástria) — person who investigates someone or something
- Hindi: जाँचकर्ता (jā̃ckartā) — person who investigates someone or something
- Italian: esaminatore — person who investigates someone or something
- Latin: inquīsītor — person who investigates someone or something
- Latin: scrūtātor — person who investigates someone or something
- Russian: инспе́ктор (inspéktor) — person who investigates someone or something
- Russian: ревизо́р (revizór) — person who investigates someone or something
- Russian: иссле́дователь (isslédovatelʹ) — person who investigates someone or something
- Spanish: examinador — person who investigates someone or something
- Swahili: mtahini — person who investigates someone or something
- Telugu: పరీక్షకుడు (parīkṣakuḍu) — person who investigates someone or something
- Afrikaans: eksaminator — person who marks an examination
- Chinese Cantonese: 考官 (haau2 gun1) — person who marks an examination
- Chinese Mandarin: 考官 (kǎoguān) — person who marks an examination
- Danish: eksaminator — person who marks an examination
- Danish: censor (fremmed) — person who marks an examination
- Finnish: arvostelija — person who marks an examination
- German: Prüfer — person who marks an examination
- Hindi: परीक्षक (parīkṣak) — person who marks an examination
- Irish: scrúdaitheoir — person who marks an examination
- Kazakh: емтихан алушы (emtixan aluşy) — person who marks an examination
- Kazakh: емтихан қабылдаушы (emtixan qabyldauşy) — person who marks an examination
- Kyrgyz: сынакчы (sınakcı) — person who marks an examination
- Norwegian Bokmål: sensor — person who marks an examination
- Norwegian Nynorsk: sensor — person who marks an examination
- Russian: экзамена́тор (ekzamenátor) — person who marks an examination
- Swahili: mtahini — person who marks an examination