Examination

Quick meaning: Examination is a noun meaning The act of examining.

Meaning

The act of examining.

More Meanings

1. Particularly, an inspection by a medical professional to establish the extent and nature of any sickness or injury.
2. Interrogation, particularly by a lawyer in court or during discovery.
3. (education) 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.

Example Sentences

In a child with infant dyschezia, physical examination and stool examination are normal.

The question of the plausibility of the counter-factual is seen as key in all three discussions of allohistorical fiction (as it is in Demandt's and Ferguson's examinations of allohistory) (cf. Rodiek 25–26; Ritter 15–16; Helbig 32).

[The researchers] noticed many of their pieces of [plastic marine] debris sported surface pits around two microns across. Such pits are about the size of a bacterial cell. Closer examination showed that some of these pits did, indeed, contain bacteria, […].

Word Forms

• examinations

Synonyms for examination

Depending on context, synonyms include scrutiny, test, inspection, interrogation, examen, testing.

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