Examination
noun
A detailed check or review of something.
Please undergo a thorough examination of your baggage.
Often appears as...
- medical examination
- physical examination
noun
A test of someone's knowledge or skill in a particular subject.
I have my final examination next week.
Often appears as...
- final examination
- entrance examination
noun
A close study or observation of a subject or object.
He conducted a careful examination of the document
Often appears as...
- careful examination
- close examination
noun
In law, a formal questioning of a witness or accused person.
The counsel started the cross examination of the witness
Often appears as...
- cross examination
- direct examination
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Formal
noun
A detailed check or review of something.
Please undergo a thorough examination of your baggage.
Often appears as...
- medical examination
- physical examination
noun
A test of someone's knowledge or skill in a particular subject.
I have my final examination next week.
Often appears as...
- final examination
- entrance examination
noun
A close study or observation of a subject or object.
He conducted a careful examination of the document
Often appears as...
- careful examination
- close examination
noun
In law, a formal questioning of a witness or accused person.
The counsel started the cross examination of the witness
Often appears as...
- cross examination
- direct examination
Usage tips
Formal
Definition 1 of 4
Pro Tip 1/2Practical Context
Often used when talking about careful checks of objects or procedures.
Before the flight, pilots perform an examination of the aircraft.
Pro Tip 2/2Not Always Medical
Though common in healthcare, 'examination' applies to many other reviews.
The technician's examination of the machine ensured it ran smoothly.
Pro Tip 1/2Practical Context
Often used when talking about careful checks of objects or procedures.
Before the flight, pilots perform an examination of the aircraft.
Pro Tip 2/2Not Always Medical
Though common in healthcare, 'examination' applies to many other reviews.
The technician's examination of the machine ensured it ran smoothly.
Pro Tip 1/2Practical Context
Often used when talking about careful checks of objects or procedures.
Before the flight, pilots perform an examination of the aircraft.
Pro Tip 2/2Not Always Medical
Though common in healthcare, 'examination' applies to many other reviews.
The technician's examination of the machine ensured it ran smoothly.
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How to build a company...
it's a great pleasure and a great honor to be able to appear before you in examination with what is going wrong with our economy. The economy is now flat -- teetering on the brink of failure. Martin You were recently quoted in an article. You said, "I can say this with absolute certainty because I know how markets work."
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Glenn Greenwald: Why...
one of his, I think, most important tactics, was that he knew that one of the ways to distract attention from the substance of the revelations would be to try and personalize the focus on him, and for that reason, he stayed out of the media. He tried not to ever have his personal life subject to examination,
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The politics of fiction...
A week later, the patient would come back for a follow-up examination. Now, I'm aware that I should not be saying such things in front of an audience of scholars and scientists, but the truth is, of all the people who visited my grandmother for their skin conditions,
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Sheryl WuDunn: Our...
with a six year-old. No matter, she was just delighted to be in school. She rocketed to the top of her class. She stayed at the top of her class through elementary school, middle school, and then in high school, she scored brilliantly on the national examinations
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Why should you read...
Even if the boys were to be rescued from themselves, what kind of world would they be returning to? With so few references to anchor the characters in a specific place or period, the novel feels truly timeless— an examination of human nature at its most bare.
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Re-writing laws to help...
often revitalized by the very system that was built and to seek and protect justice one of the first things that happens after a rape is a three to seven hour long examination it's called a rape kit for short and it's critical evidence
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Niall Ferguson: The 6...
where there was one monolithic state covering a fifth of humanity, and anyone with any ambition had to pass one standardized examination, which took three days and was very difficult and involved memorizing vast numbers of characters
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How to escape...
They should be diagnostic. They should help. If I go for a medical examination, I want some standardized tests. I do. I want to know what my cholesterol level is compared to everybody else's on a standard scale.
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What is a Sea Pen? PIPE...
seabed it's thought this behavior might protect sea pens from predators and this may be the first time that evidence has been captured to confirm it close examination of the time-lapse clip shows a yellow
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"Ugliest Dolphin"...
said that but to those of us that have seen them but you know I'm just absolutely blown away by this creature they are absolutely endearing like many dolphins the snub fins aren't used to humans and are easily scared away last week researchers used a skin sampling gun to retrieve a DNA sample from the dolphins for genetic examination the
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How to build a company...
it's a great pleasure and a great honor to be able to appear before you in examination with what is going wrong with our economy. The economy is now flat -- teetering on the brink of failure. Martin You were recently quoted in an article. You said, "I can say this with absolute certainty because I know how markets work."
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Glenn Greenwald: Why...
one of his, I think, most important tactics, was that he knew that one of the ways to distract attention from the substance of the revelations would be to try and personalize the focus on him, and for that reason, he stayed out of the media. He tried not to ever have his personal life subject to examination,
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The politics of fiction...
A week later, the patient would come back for a follow-up examination. Now, I'm aware that I should not be saying such things in front of an audience of scholars and scientists, but the truth is, of all the people who visited my grandmother for their skin conditions,
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Sheryl WuDunn: Our...
with a six year-old. No matter, she was just delighted to be in school. She rocketed to the top of her class. She stayed at the top of her class through elementary school, middle school, and then in high school, she scored brilliantly on the national examinations
Video examples
Why should you read...
Even if the boys were to be rescued from themselves, what kind of world would they be returning to? With so few references to anchor the characters in a specific place or period, the novel feels truly timeless— an examination of human nature at its most bare.
Video examples
Re-writing laws to help...
often revitalized by the very system that was built and to seek and protect justice one of the first things that happens after a rape is a three to seven hour long examination it's called a rape kit for short and it's critical evidence
Video examples
Niall Ferguson: The 6...
where there was one monolithic state covering a fifth of humanity, and anyone with any ambition had to pass one standardized examination, which took three days and was very difficult and involved memorizing vast numbers of characters
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How to escape...
They should be diagnostic. They should help. If I go for a medical examination, I want some standardized tests. I do. I want to know what my cholesterol level is compared to everybody else's on a standard scale.
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What is a Sea Pen? PIPE...
seabed it's thought this behavior might protect sea pens from predators and this may be the first time that evidence has been captured to confirm it close examination of the time-lapse clip shows a yellow
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Jack Ma
Chinese Businessman
There's an examination for young people to go to university. I failed it three times. I failed a lot. So I applied to 30 different jobs and got rejected. I went for a job with the police; they said, 'You're no good.' I even went to KFC when it came to my city. Twenty-four people went for the job. Twenty-three were accepted.
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Lesley Sharp
English Actress
What actors are involved in is a similar sort of psychological forensic examination of the characters they're playing. You try to have an idea about why somebody does what they do and you try not to be in judgmental about it. That is what psychologists and psychotherapists aim to do with their patients.
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Olivia Newton-John
Musician
Most women don't do regular breast self examinations, mainly because they are either intimidated by what they might find, or they're confused as to how to do the self exam correctly. 'Liv Aid' eliminates all of these concerns because it makes breast self exams easy to perform.
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William Friedkin
American Director
I tend to be attracted to characters who are up against a wall with very few alternatives. And the film then becomes an examination of how they cope with very few options. And that's, I guess, what interests me in terms of human behavior.
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Jiddu Krishnamurti
Indian Philosopher
There is no end to education. It is not that you read a book, pass an examination, and finish with education. The whole of life, from the moment you are born to the moment you die, is a process of learning.
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Emma Goldman
Russian Activist
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.
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Jeremy Northam
English Actor
There's so much of, it could have been a very critical examination of what happened, and really the emotional lives of the people involved sort of carry the characters forward.
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Herodotus
Greek Historian
If someone were to put a proposition before men bidding them choose, after examination, the best customs in the world, each nation would certainly select its own.
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Errol Morris
American Director
The proper route to an understanding of the world is an examination of our errors about it.
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Robert Motherwell
American Artist
It may be that the deep necessity of art is the examination of self-deception.
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Jack Ma
Chinese Businessman
There's an examination for young people to go to university. I failed it three times. I failed a lot. So I applied to 30 different jobs and got rejected. I went for a job with the police; they said, 'You're no good.' I even went to KFC when it came to my city. Twenty-four people went for the job. Twenty-three were accepted.
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Lesley Sharp
English Actress
What actors are involved in is a similar sort of psychological forensic examination of the characters they're playing. You try to have an idea about why somebody does what they do and you try not to be in judgmental about it. That is what psychologists and psychotherapists aim to do with their patients.
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Olivia Newton-John
Musician
Most women don't do regular breast self examinations, mainly because they are either intimidated by what they might find, or they're confused as to how to do the self exam correctly. 'Liv Aid' eliminates all of these concerns because it makes breast self exams easy to perform.
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William Friedkin
American Director
I tend to be attracted to characters who are up against a wall with very few alternatives. And the film then becomes an examination of how they cope with very few options. And that's, I guess, what interests me in terms of human behavior.
Quote examples
Jiddu Krishnamurti
Indian Philosopher
There is no end to education. It is not that you read a book, pass an examination, and finish with education. The whole of life, from the moment you are born to the moment you die, is a process of learning.
Quote examples
Emma Goldman
Russian Activist
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.
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Jeremy Northam
English Actor
There's so much of, it could have been a very critical examination of what happened, and really the emotional lives of the people involved sort of carry the characters forward.
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Herodotus
Greek Historian
If someone were to put a proposition before men bidding them choose, after examination, the best customs in the world, each nation would certainly select its own.
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Errol Morris
American Director
The proper route to an understanding of the world is an examination of our errors about it.
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Robert Motherwell
American Artist
It may be that the deep necessity of art is the examination of self-deception.
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