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Examination   /ɪgzˌæmənˈeɪʃən/   Listen
Examination

noun
1.
The act of examining something closely (as for mistakes).  Synonym: scrutiny.
2.
A set of questions or exercises evaluating skill or knowledge.  Synonyms: exam, test.
3.
Formal systematic questioning.  Synonyms: interrogation, interrogatory.
4.
A detailed inspection of your conscience (as done daily by Jesuits).  Synonym: examen.
5.
The act of giving students or candidates a test (as by questions) to determine what they know or have learned.  Synonym: testing.



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"Examination" Quotes from Famous Books



... or for the liquidation of the estate free from the control of the court. [Sidenote: Acts of 1825, 1831, 1842, 1849.] At first these arrangements were carefully guarded. Under the act of 1825 a proposal for payment of a composition might be adopted only after the debtor had passed his examination in court, and with the consent of nine-tenths in number and value of his creditors assembled at a meeting. Upon such adoption the bankruptcy proceedings were superseded. Dissenting creditors, however, were not bound by the resolution, but could still take action ...
— Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 2 - "Baconthorpe" to "Bankruptcy" • Various

... books is almost without a parallel. Teachers unacquainted with them, will on examination give them a decided preference to any ...
— Pinnock's Improved Edition of Dr. Goldsmith's History of Rome • Oliver Goldsmith

... accept the word of the sentinel that he had actually shot at a scaly invader until he pointed out the spot. Then Jack, with a brand from the fire, made a hasty examination. ...
— Motor Boat Boys Mississippi Cruise - or, The Dash for Dixie • Louis Arundel

... enormous evil, putting it in the power of any malicious person to blast the character of another, and shaking to the very foundations the belief in individual responsibility. He is not disposed to reject without examination the assertions with regard to the curative powers of mesmerism. He spoke to-day with pleasure of having heard that Mr. Lockhart had been struck by his lines from a MSS. poem, printed ...
— The Prose Works of William Wordsworth • William Wordsworth

... time in examination, Lisle flung himself upon it, seeking for a grip with elbows and knees. He had ascended a yard or two when he lost hold and coming down with a run fell with a splash ...
— The Long Portage • Harold Bindloss


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