exam

English

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ɪɡˈzæm/, /ɛɡˈzæm/, /ɛkˈsam/
- (Philadelphia) IPA^(key): [ɪɡˈzæm]
Audio (UK) (file)
Rhymes: -æm

Noun

exam (plural exams)

(informal) Clipping of examination, especially when meaning test or in compound terms.
- 2013 July 19, Peter Wilby, “Finland spreads word on schools”, in The Guardian Weekly, volume 189, number 6, page 30:
  Imagine a country where children do nothing but play until they start compulsory schooling at age seven. Then, without exception, they attend comprehensives until the age of 16. […] There are no inspectors, no exams until the age of 18, no school league tables, no private tuition industry, no school uniforms. […]

Derived terms

bar exam
blue book exam
challenge exam
clinical exam
cross-exam
direct exam
entrance exam
exam paper
final exam
mock exam
oral exam
physical exam
self-exam
transfer exam

Verb

exam (third-person singular simple present exams, present participle examming or examing, simple past and past participle exammed or examed)

(sciences) Shortened form of examine
- doi=10.1371/journal.pone.0135795
  Thin sections were stained with lead citrate and then examed using 1200EX electron microscope (JEOL, Tokyo, Japan).

Anagrams

AmEx, Amex

French

Noun

exam m (plural exams)

(informal) Short for examen