Synonyms for examine
ɪgˈzæm ɪnex·am·ine

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1. examine

   Synonyms:
   weigh, ponder, investigate, perpend, test, scrutinize, criticize, prove, study, discuss, inquire, search, overhaul, explore, inspect

   Antonyms:
   discard, conjecture, gnew, slur, misconsider, misinvestigate

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1. 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, see

2. examine, 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"

   Synonyms:
   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, check

3. probe, examineverb

   question or examine thoroughly and closely

   Synonyms:
   see, probe, poke into, study, try, canvass, essay, test, analyze, prove, analyse, canvas, dig into, try out

4. examineverb

   question closely

   Synonyms:
   see, analyze, study, try, canvass, essay, test, probe, prove, analyse, canvas, try out

5. test, 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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1. • Investigate
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1. test-taker

   Submitted by rinat on October 3, 2019  

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1. examineverb

   Synonyms:
   inspect, observe

2. examineverb

   Synonyms:
   scrutinize, investigate, study, consider, canvass, inquire into, search into, look into, inquire about

3. examineverb

   Synonyms:
   interrogate (in order to elicit truth or to test qualifications), catechise, put questions to

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1. examineverb

   Synonyms:
   inspect, scrutinize, question, audit, heckle, reconnoitre, review, search, probe, investigate, catechise

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1. 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?

1. Udio Katzanel:

   Katzanel told CEN. Katzanel and a team of surgeons used an endoscopic device to examine Talia’s throat then used micro-surgical clamps to remove it carefully. Luckily, the pendant had not caused any damage to her throat and nearby organs.

2. Edward P. Morgan:

   A book is the only place in which you can examine a fragile thought without breaking it.

3. Ken Rose:

   We must re-examine a system that let an innocent man sit on death row for 30 years, how many more innocent people are still awaiting execution?

4. Justin Trudeau:

   The Government of Canada is considering this request carefully and seriously. I have asked federal trade officials to further examine the request to inform our government’s next steps, we disagree strongly with the U.S. Department of Commerce’s decision to impose an unfair and punitive duty on Canadian softwood lumber products.

5. Hello Mr.:

   Whenever we had lunch there, and we were on location 12-14 weeks, all the local women would cook us lunch for the whole crew. And each would bring out their best dishes every day. And whenever we had lunch, Alfred Hitchcock was the first one to examine the dishes … I would just follow Alfred Hitchcock and go, ‘ Oh, was that a good one, Alfred Hitchcock ? ’ And Alfred Hitchcock would go, ‘ Yes, that’s the one I ’m going to have. ’.