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Synonyms for examination
ɪgˌzæm əˈneɪ ʃənex·am·i·na·tion

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Princeton's WordNet0.0 / 0 votes

  1. examination, scrutinynoun

    the act of examining something closely (as for mistakes)

    Synonyms:
    scrutiny, exam, examen, interrogation, test, interrogatory, testing

  2. examination, exam, testnoun

    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"

    Synonyms:
    scrutiny, tryout, psychometric test, trial, mental test, exam, examen, interrogation, mental testing, test, run, interrogatory, trial run, testing

  3. interrogation, examination, interrogatorynoun

    formal systematic questioning

    Synonyms:
    scrutiny, enquiry, test, exam, examen, interrogation, query, inquiry, interrogatory, interrogative sentence, interrogative, question, testing

  4. examen, examinationnoun

    a detailed inspection of your conscience (as done daily by Jesuits)

    Synonyms:
    scrutiny, exam, examen, interrogation, test, interrogatory, testing

  5. examination, testingnoun

    the act of giving students or candidates a test (as by questions) to determine what they know or have learned

    Synonyms:
    scrutiny, exam, examen, interrogation, test, interrogatory, testing

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Dictionary of English Synonymes5.0 / 1 vote

  1. examinationnoun

    Synonyms:
    inspection, observation

  2. examinationnoun

    Synonyms:
    inquiry, search, research, scrutiny, investigation, inquisition

  3. examinationnoun

    Synonyms:
    trial by questions (in order to elicit truth or to test qualifications)

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words4.0 / 1 vote

  1. examinationnoun

    Synonyms:
    inquiry, autopsy, scrutiny, inspection, investigation, audit, inquest, reconnoissance, inquisition, recension, probing, review

Concise Medical Dictionary, by Joseph C Segen, MD0.0 / 0 votes

  1. examination

    Synonyms:
    Physical examination

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How to use examination in a sentence?

  1. Mark Twain:

    In religion and politics people's beliefs and convictions are in almost every case gotten at second-hand, and without examination, from authorities who have not themselves examined the questions at issue but have taken them at second-hand from other non-examiners, whose opinions about them were not worth a brass farthing.

  2. Dale Baich:

    The state should release all of the documentation and witness reports that went into this review. Only through discovery in a court of law will there be a truly independent and comprehensive examination of what went wrong during Mr. Wood's nearly two-hour execution.

  3. The ACS:

    In the U.S. it is quite cursory, it doesn’t take very long, the physician usually has not had much training in clinical breast examination.

  4. Buddha:

    Believe nothing merely because you have been told it. Do not believe what your teacher tells you merely out of respect for the teacher. But whatsoever, after due examination and analysis, you find to be kind, conducive to the good, the benefit, the welfare of all beings -- that doctrine believe and cling to, and take it as your guide.

  5. Mark Twain:

    In religion and politics, people's beliefs and convictions are in almost every case gotten at second hand, and without examination.


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