Examine

Word EXAMINE
Character 7
Hyphenation ex am ine
Pronunciations /ɪɡˈzæmɪn/

Definitions and meanings of "Examine"

What do we mean by examine?

To observe carefully or critically; inspect. transitive verb

To study or analyze. transitive verb

To test or check the condition or health of. transitive verb

To determine the qualifications, aptitude, or skills of by means of questions or exercises. transitive verb

To question formally, as to elicit facts or information; interrogate: synonym: ask. transitive verb

Examination. noun

To inspect or survey carefully; look into the state of; scrutinize and compare the parts of; view or observe in all aspects and relations, with the purpose of forming a correct opinion or judgment: as, to examine a ship (to learn whether she is sea-worthy); to examine a composition (for the purpose of correcting its errors).

To subject to legal inquisition; put to question in regard to conduct or to knowledge of facts; interrogate: as, to examine a witness or a suspected or accused person.

To inquire into the qualifications, capabilities, or progress of, by interrogatories: as, to examine the candidates for a degree, or for a license to practise in a profession; to examine applicants for office or employment.

To try or assay by appropriate methods or tests: as, to examine minerals or chemical compounds.

To interrogate, catechize.

To test by any appropriate method; to inspect carefully with a view to discover the real character or state of; to subject to inquiry or inspection of particulars for the purpose of obtaining a fuller insight into the subject of examination, as a material substance, a fact, a reason, a cause, the truth of a statement; to inquire or search into; to explore transitive verb

To interrogate as in a judicial proceeding; to try or test by question transitive verb

To observe or inspect carefully or critically. verb

To check the health or condition of something or someone. verb

To determine the aptitude, skills or qualifications of someone by subjecting them to an examination. verb

To interrogate. verb

Question closely verb

Consider in detail and subject to an analysis in order to discover essential features or meaning verb

To observe or inspect carefully or critically

To check the health or condition of something or someone

To determine the aptitude, skills or qualifications of someone by subjecting them to an examination

To interrogate

A person who's job it is to ruin students lives and destroy their dreams. Urban Dictionary

Hell designed by teachers/lecturers et cetera to put students in their place Urban Dictionary

A slang term that combines the word examine, and the word investigate. Urban Dictionary

To study something to death. A combination of Examine and Terminate. Urban Dictionary

Awesome way of saying "examined". Can be used to replace examined. Urban Dictionary

A person who is sexually promiscuous; the term is offensive to society at large, and particularly to those in the Latin-American community. Urban Dictionary

To either study or have sex to relieve test street. Urban Dictionary

Someone who is medically qualified and investigates deaths occurring under unusual or suspicious circumstances. Often this involves autopsies as well as some investigation similar to a forensics major. Urban Dictionary

Someone appointed from another institution by a university to question every little, trivial detail of an assessment or graded paper in order to justify their own hefty stipend, make lecturers' lives annoyingly miserable (thus reminding them they are still only employees) and to feign the appearance of academic quality. Urban Dictionary

When a doctor (or anyone) examines your rectum by sticking a (hopefully) gloved finger or two up your ass. Urban Dictionary

Synonyms and Antonyms for Examine

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The word "examine" in example sentences

One issue the panel will examine is whether the blindside head shots should be eliminated through a penalty, supplemental discipline or both. ❋ Unknown (2009)

What General Powell will never be able to examine is how much of the Third World's economic weakness and unrepresentative governance is the result of earlier colonial periods and the policies of exploitation and repression practiced by the Western powers. ❋ Unknown (2004)

The first point we have to examine is the impact of the penalty provision in the Canada Health Act. The Ontario Government claims that the federal government is forcing it to ban extra-billing or face the loss of $54 million a year. ❋ Unknown (1986)

Now let us examine from the Canadian point of view the international situation as it really is. ❋ Unknown (1968)

There are several convenient features like the ability to automatically mark the older of the two duplicate files as the one that will be deleted or moved, protection of system and program files, and a shortcut to immediately jump to the actual folder where a duplicate you’d like to examine is residing. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Now, getting Republicans to self-examine is even harder than with Democrats, but it’s worth the effort, if only to do some damage to that party. ❋ Unknown (2008)

I like to use my middles to ramp up the emotional punch of a story, so the things I choose to do here will often make my protag examine aspects of her life or beliefs. ❋ Janice Hardy (2010)

For on the one hand it may be urged that as the ultimate species represent the real existences, it will be well, if practicable, to examine these ultimate species separately, just as we examine the species Man separately; to examine, that is, not the whole class Birds collectively, but the Ostrich, the Crane, and the other indivisible groups or species belonging to the class. ❋ Unknown (2002)

So that of necessity, as we referred to before, this contest procedure involves the presentation of witnesses and evidence and the right to cross-examine, which is a basic of the process, and it can stretch on to the point where it may not resolve itself prior to December 12. ❋ Unknown (2000)

He recalls looking through the guidelines about pupils' reading and it was words like 'analyse', 'explain', 'examine' - about 71 different verbs but not one of them was 'enjoy'. ❋ Anita Singh (2011)

Warren Samuels, a professor at Michigan University who died in August, set about investigating what the originator of the term invisible hand, the influential 18th-century economic thinker Adam Smith, meant by the term and examine how it is applied. ❋ Phillip Inman (2011)

Can anyone explain to me why Obama would even bother to fight over this in court as he has so far done instead of quickly disproving it with the asked for documentation which by the way we Americans are more than entitled to see and examine, that is unless he feels he has something terrible to hide from the world? ❋ Unknown (2008)

But it was just, it was great for us to just kind of examine a more populist subject. ❋ Unknown (2010)

At what point would her administration "examine" the Teamsters 'compliance program? ❋ Unknown (2009)

As White House spokesman Marlin Fitzwater went on television Thursday night to announce that Bush would "examine" the plan overnight, the president and other American officials were calling allied leaders to lobby against it. ❋ Unknown (2008)

Shirlene McGovern, or any other human rights officer, can come into my office whenever she thinks it's reasonable, to "examine" it. ❋ Unknown (2008)

Moving on; considering this was NWN, my first instinct was to poke my nose into some of the NWN specifics - like checking whether the NPCs had text descriptions in their 'examine' sheet. ❋ Unknown (2007)

I must confess, this effect is not wrought on such as examine why they are pleased; but it never fails to appear on those who are not too learned in nature, to be moved by her first suggestions. ❋ George A. Aitken (N/A)

[Examiner]: "Ah, correct definition for two [marks]. [Ah fuck it], I'll just give 0." ❋ NotAGymLad (2016)

e.g [Prof]. [Allen] just got back at me for [skiving] his lectures...i just finished his examination,,,FML ❋ Ugoonuoha (2011)

[Before you go] [down on] that girl, make sure you examinate that p*[ssy]. ❋ Mr.Bang (2007)

[Student] A: "Ready for the [final]?" Student b: "No, but I am [gunna] examinate the shit out this tonight." ❋ Jim Jimmy Jim (2010)

"Have you [examinated] [the body]?" "I had to get my [teeth] examinated." ❋ WW (2012)

He is such an examiner ❋ Heather Colburn (2007)

Leo and [Patty] are off to [West Hall] to do some [crammin for examin] ' ❋ I, Wreckerrr (2016)

"Didn't you hear? Mariah got her [doctorate] and became a [medical examiner]. Now she works in a [morgue]!" ❋ Doctor Jacklyn (2018)

[Elvira]: Leo the external examiner has returned your examination for review because some of the questions require [commas] to be added. Make sure you do this before you leave the office at 2.30pm today. Chuck: If all Leo has to do for his money is correct my grammar, then I'd be grateful if you'd ask him to stick that examination paper up his [fat arse]. ❋ The Gonzo Lecture (2010)

Joe went to his [yearly] check-up with no clue that he was mere minutes away from losing his [anal virginity]. Rectum? It [damn near] killed him!!! ❋ Nick D (2003)

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