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US
/ɪɡˌzæməˈneɪʃən/
]
[ UK /ɛɡzˌæmɪnˈeɪʃən/ ]
[ UK /ɛɡzˌæmɪnˈeɪʃən/ ]
NOUN
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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 - formal systematic questioning
- the act of examining something closely (as for mistakes)
- the act of giving students or candidates a test (as by questions) to determine what they know or have learned
- a detailed inspection of your conscience (as done daily by Jesuits)
How To Use examination In A Sentence
- Save for a worktable placed almost exactly in the center of the floor, I see only a few benches, some unlit rush lamps, a large set of scales, and a wooden crate, which I discover upon examination contains small crystal vials waiting to be filled. Secret History of Elizabeth Tudor, Vampire Slayer
- A pause in lecturing, consequent upon our mid-year examinations having begun, has given me a little respite, and I am paying a three days 'visit upon an old friend here, meaning to leave for New York to-morrow, where I have a couple of lectures to give. Familiar Letters of William James II
- Both AS and A Level are assessed through coursework as well as examination.
- My best wishes for your success in the examination and look forward to hearing in due course that you have passed.
- The attitude of sex offense and the examination of mass media were the topics less to be reported lately.
- The machine then applies a thin, even layer of cells to a microscope slide for examination.
- Before scrubbing, gowning, and gloving, the surgeon usually performs a rectal examination and proctoscopy to suction out any remaining stool in the distal rectum.
- I boxed, swam, sailed, rode horses, lived in the open an arrantly healthful life, and passed life insurance examinations with flying colours. Chapter 29
- Along the way, I must qualify extreme principles in various ways and then challenge my students with examinations and term paper reports about my lectures.
- The class approach centers on the examination of the tactics of class domination and the dynamics of the class struggle.