examination

[Ex*am`i*na·tion]

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.

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The act of examining, or state of being examined; a careful search, investigation, or inquiry; scrutiny by study or experiment.

Noun
the act of examining something closely (as for mistakes)

Noun
the act of giving students or candidates a test (as by questions) to determine what they know or have learned

Noun
examination of conscience (as done daily by Jesuits)

Noun
formal systematic questioning

Noun
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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n.
The act of examining, or state of being examined; a careful search, investigation, or inquiry; scrutiny by study or experiment.

n.
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.


Examination

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.
Examination in chief, ∨ 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'89xamination, ∨ 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.

The act of examining, or state of being examined; a careful search, investigation, or inquiry; scrutiny by study or experiment.

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Usage Examples

Actually I think Art lies in both directions - the broad strokes, big picture but on the other hand the minute examination of the apparently mundane. Seeing the whole world in a grain of sand, that kind of thing.

The crucial question one comes back to is the examination without that experience is meaningless. And I think it's true that society is becoming more and more passive, less and less fired up with enthusiasm, in many spheres.

I shall go further and say that even if an examination of the past could lead to any valid prediction concerning man's future, that prediction would be the contrary of reassuring.

The taxpayer - that's someone who works for the federal government but doesn't have to take the civil service examination.

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Other Usage Examples

A great many things which in times of lesser knowledge we imagined to be superstitious or useless, prove today on examination to have been of immense value to mankind.

On rare occasions one does hear of a miraculous case of a married couple falling in love after marriage, but on close examination it will be found that it is a mere adjustment to the inevitable.

Kennedy lied and lied about his health while he was alive, even using his father's influence to get into the Navy without ever taking a medical examination.

I had nearly finished school because I was making effort not that bad on that. But there was a law in Germany after the war. You could not make your final examination before 18, so lots of people who were late because of the way had to do it first.

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