EXAMINATION
\ɛɡzˌamɪnˈe͡ɪʃən], \ɛɡzˌamɪnˈeɪʃən], \ɛ_ɡ_z_ˌa_m_ɪ_n_ˈeɪ_ʃ_ə_n]\
Definitions of EXAMINATION
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
- 1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
- 1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
- 1790 - A Complete Dictionary of the English Language
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the act of giving students or candidates a test (as by questions) to determine what they know or have learned
By Princeton University
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the act of giving students or candidates a test (as by questions) to determine what they know or have learned
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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The act of examining, or state of being examined; a careful search, investigation, or inquiry; scrutiny by study or experiment.
By Oddity Software
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The act of examining, or state of being examined; a careful search, investigation, or inquiry; scrutiny by study or experiment.
By Noah Webster.
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The act of examining or state of being examined; a careful search or inquiry, with a view to discover truth or the real state of things; careful and accurate inspection of a thing and its parts; a view of qualities and relations, and an estimate of their nature and importance; scrutiny by study or experiment; as, an examination of a house or a ship; as, "Different men leaving out or putting in several simple ideas, according to their various examination, skill, or observation of the subject, have different essences."-Locke; "Nothing that is self-evident can be the proper subject of examination."-South: in judicial proceedings, a careful inquiry into facts by testimony; an attempt to ascertain truth by inquiries and interrogatories; as, the examination of a witness or the merits of a cause: a process prescribed or assigned for testing qualification, capabilities, knowledge, progress, and the like; as, the examination of a student, of a candidate for admission to the ministry or bar; the periodical examination of a school: trial or assay by the appropriate methods or tests, as of minerals or chemical compounds.
By Daniel Lyons
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Act of investigating; search; inspection; trial.
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
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The act of examining; careful and accurate inspection; investigation or inquiry; subjection to trial with a view to ascertain the qualifications of a candidate for some profession; a careful inquiry into facts by taking evidence; a search for the nature and qualities of substances by experiments.
By Nuttall, P.Austin.
By Stormonth, James, Phelp, P. H.
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The action of investigating the nature, qualities, or condition of any object by means of the senses.
By Smith Ely Jelliffe
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