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English Dictionary: examination by the DICT Development Group
2 results for examination
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
examination
n
  1. the act of examining something closely (as for mistakes)
    Synonym(s): examination, scrutiny
  2. 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"
    Synonym(s): examination, exam, test
  3. formal systematic questioning
    Synonym(s): interrogation, examination, interrogatory
  4. a detailed inspection of your conscience (as done daily by Jesuits)
    Synonym(s): examen, examination
  5. the act of giving students or candidates a test (as by questions) to determine what they know or have learned
    Synonym(s): examination, testing
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   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.                                    --Macaulay.
  
      {Examination in chief}, [or] {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[89]xamination}, [or] {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.
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