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Synonyms for examine
ɪgˈzæm ɪnex·am·ine
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Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms
examine
Synonyms:
weigh, ponder, investigate, perpend, test, scrutinize, criticize, prove, study, discuss, inquire, search, overhaul, explore, inspectAntonyms:
discard, conjecture, gnew, slur, misconsider, misinvestigate
Princeton's WordNet
analyze, analyse, study, examine, canvass, canvasverb
consider in detail and subject to an analysis in order to discover essential features or meaning
"analyze a sonnet by Shakespeare"; "analyze the evidence in a criminal trial"; "analyze your real motives"
Synonyms:
contemplate, try out, psychoanalyse, consider, essay, meditate, psychoanalyze, break down, hit the books, test, learn, dissect, canvass, analyse, read, take apart, study, poll, take, try, canvas, analyze, probe, prove, seeexamine, seeverb
observe, check out, and look over carefully or inspect
"The customs agent examined the baggage"; "I must see your passport before you can enter the country"
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date, take in, figure, go out, analyze, look, find out, reckon, try, interpret, essay, find, view, go steady, try out, get word, meet, study, probe, construe, determine, see, realize, see to it, fancy, picture, visualize, analyse, realise, control, encounter, escort, learn, envision, watch, run into, regard, run across, test, come across, prove, go through, image, take care, assure, witness, get wind, ensure, attend, pick up, understand, experience, canvas, catch, visualise, consider, ascertain, hear, canvass, project, visit, discover, insure, get a line, checkprobe, examineverb
question or examine thoroughly and closely
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see, probe, poke into, study, try, canvass, essay, test, analyze, prove, analyse, canvas, dig into, try outexamineverb
question closely
Synonyms:
see, analyze, study, try, canvass, essay, test, probe, prove, analyse, canvas, try outtest, prove, try, try out, examine, essayverb
put to the test, as for its quality, or give experimental use to
"This approach has been tried with good results"; "Test this recipe"
Synonyms:
audition, rise, analyze, leaven, try, sample, show, testify, establish, test, evidence, try out, study, see, seek, try on, probe, quiz, attempt, essay, raise, adjudicate, render, prove, shew, judge, screen, taste, turn out, demonstrate, turn up, experiment, strain, analyse, stress, hear, canvass, assay, canvas, bear witness
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Dictionary of English Synonymes
examineverb
examineverb
Synonyms:
scrutinize, investigate, study, consider, canvass, inquire into, search into, look into, inquire aboutexamineverb
Synonyms:
interrogate (in order to elicit truth or to test qualifications), catechise, put questions to
Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words
examineverb
Synonyms:
inspect, scrutinize, question, audit, heckle, reconnoitre, review, search, probe, investigate, catechise
PPDB, the paraphrase database
List of paraphrases for "examine":
consider, review, discuss, explore, investigate, study, examining, reviewing, consideration, analyse, browse, considering, examination, scrutinise, examines, studying, look, address, analyze, reviews, assess, check, research, examined, verify, scrutinize
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How to use examine in a sentence?
When men are brought face to face with their opponents, forced to listen and learn and mend their ideas, they cease to be children and savages and begin to live like civilized men. Then only is freedom a reality, when men may voice their opinions because they must examine their opinions.
There is no disagreement between us, but we needed time to assess and examine individuals.
When a man makes up his mind to become a rascal, he should examine himself closely and see if he isn't better constructed for a fool.
The wrongs described in Rolling Stone are appalling and have caused all of us to re-examine our responsibility to this community.
Before we set our hearts too much on anything, let us examine how happy are those who already possess it.
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- يفحصArabic
- разпитвам, преглеждам, изследвам, проучвам, изпитвамBulgarian
- vyšetřit, zkoušetCzech
- untersuchen, prüfen, befragenGerman
- analizar, examinar, auscultarSpanish
- معاینه کردنPersian
- kuulustella, tutkia, tarkastellaFinnish
- examinerFrench
- egzamineHaitian Creole
- քննել, զննելArmenian
- memeriksaIndonesian
- 検査, 調べる, 尋問, 診察Japanese
- 조사, 검사Korean
- sciscitorLatin
- examinerenDutch
- eksaminere, undersøkeNorwegian
- осмотреть, испытывать, испытать, осматриватьRussian
- fråga ut, observera, undersöka, undersSwedish
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