examination

examination

English

Etymology

From Middle English examinacioun, from Old French examinacion, from Latin exāminātiō.Morphologically examine +‎ -ation

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɪɡˌzæmɪˈneɪʃən/

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• Rhymes: -eɪʃən
• Hyphenation: ex‧am‧i‧na‧tion

Noun

examination (countable and uncountable, plural examinations)

1. The act of examining.
   • 2013 July 20, “Welcome to the plastisphere”, in The Economist, volume 408, number 8845:

     [The researchers] noticed many of their pieces of [plastic marine] debris sported surface pits around two microns across. Such pits are about the size of a bacterial cell. Closer examination showed that some of these pits did, indeed, contain bacteria, […].

   • 2014 October 14, David Malcolm, “The Great War Re-Remembered: Allohistory and Allohistorical Fiction”, in Martin Löschnigg; Marzena Sokolowska-Paryz, editors, The Great War in Post-Memory Literature and Film‎, Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG., →ISBN, page 173:

     The question of the plausibility of the counter-factual is seen as key in all three discussions of allohistorical fiction (as it is in Demandt's and Ferguson's examinations of allohistory) (cf. Rodiek 25–26; Ritter 15–16; Helbig 32).

2. Particularly, an inspection by a medical professional to establish the extent and nature of any sickness or injury.
3. (education) A formal test involving answering written or oral questions under a time constraint and usually without access to textbooks; typically, a large, written test administered to high school and college students covering course material studied in a semester.
4. Interrogation, particularly by a lawyer in court or during discovery.

Derived terms

• 11-plus examination
• bar examination
• clinical examination
• cross examination
• cross-examination
• direct examination
• entrance examination
• examination-in-chief
• examination of conscience
• examination paper
• examination table
• exam (synonym)
• eye examination
• final examination
• imperial examination
• physical examination
• preliminary examination
• re-examination
• self-examination

 

Related terms

• examine

Translations

act of examining

Arabic: اِخْتِبَار‎ m (iḵtibār), اِمْتِحَان‎ (ar) m (imtiḥān) Egyptian Arabic: إختبار‎ m (eḵtebār), إمتحان‎ m (emteḥān) Armenian: քննություն (hy) (kʿnnutʿyun), փորձաքննություն (hy) (pʿorjakʿnnutʿyun) Azerbaijani: müayinə (az), yoxlama (az), təftiş (az) Bengali: ইমতেহান (bn) (imtehan) Bulgarian: изсле́дване (bg) n (izslédvane) Finnish: tutkimus (fi), tutkiminen (fi), tarkastelu (fi) French: examen (fr) m Georgian: გამოკვლევა (gamoḳvleva) German: Prüfung (de) f, Untersuchung (de) f Greek: Ancient: σκέψις f (sképsis) Hungarian: vizsgálat (hu), ellenőrzés (hu), kivizsgálás (hu), bevizsgálás, átvizsgálás (hu) Malayalam: പരിശോധന (ml) (pariśōdhana) Maori: mātaitanga Persian: بررسی‎ (fa) (barresi) Portuguese: exame (pt) m Romanian: examinare (ro) f, examen (ro) n Russian: прове́рка (ru) f (provérka), иссле́дование (ru) n (isslédovanije), рассмотре́ние (ru) n (rassmotrénije) Slovak: obhliadka f, prehliadka f, skúmanie n Spanish: examen (es) m, examinación f (dated) Thai: ไต่สวน (th) (dtài-sǔuan) Vietnamese: kiểm tra (vi) Walloon: corwaitaedje (wa) m, scarwaitaedje m

inspection by a doctor

Arabic: فَحْص‎ (ar) m (faḥṣ) Armenian: զննում (hy) (znnum), բուժզննում (hy) (bužznnum) (medical) Azerbaijani: müayinə (az) Belarusian: агля́д m (ahljád) Bulgarian: пре́глед (bg) m (prégled) Chinese: Mandarin: 檢查／检查 (zh) (jiǎnchá) Czech: vyšetření (cs) n Danish: undersøgelse c Dutch: onderzoek (nl) n Finnish: tutkimus (fi), tarkastus (fi) French: examen (fr) m Georgian: გამოკვლევა (gamoḳvleva), გასინჯვა (gasinǯva) German: Untersuchung (de) f Greek: εξέταση (el) f (exétasi) Hindi: परीक्षण (hi) m (parīkṣaṇ) Hungarian: vizsgálat (hu) Icelandic: skoðun (is) f Indonesian: pemeriksaan (id) Italian: esame (it) m, visita (it) f Japanese: 診察 (ja) (しんさつ, shinsatsu), 検査 (ja) (けんさ, kensa), 診療 (ja) (しんりょう, shinryō) (examination and treatment) Kazakh: қарау (kk) (qarau) Khmer: ការពិនិត្យ (kaa pinɨt) Korean: 진찰(診察) (ko) (jinchal), 검사(檢査) (ko) (geomsa) Kyrgyz: кароо (ky) (karoo) Macedonian: преглед m (pregled) Malay: pemeriksaan Malayalam: പരിശോധന (ml) (pariśōdhana) Norwegian: Bokmål: undersøkelse m Persian: معاینه‎ (fa) (mo'âyene) Polish: badanie (pl) n, oględziny (pl) pl Portuguese: exame (pt) m Romanian: examinare (ro) f, examen medical (ro) n, consult medical n Russian: осмо́тр (ru) m (osmótr), медосмо́тр (ru) m (medosmótr) (medical examination) Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: пре́глед m, прије́глед m Roman: prégled (sh) m, prijégled m Slovak: vyšetrenie n, prehliadka f Slovene: pregled m Spanish: examen (es) m, examinación f (dated) Swahili: ukaguzi (sw) Swedish: undersökning (sv) c Tajik: муоина (muoyina) Turkish: muayene (tr) Ukrainian: о́гляд (uk) m (óhljad) Uzbek: koʻrik (uz) Walloon: vizite (wa) f

formal test

Albanian: provim (sq) m Arabic: اِمْتِحَان‎ (ar) m (imtiḥān), اِخْتِبَار‎ m (iḵtibār) Armenian: քննություն (hy) (kʿnnutʿyun) Azerbaijani: imtahan (az), sınaq (az) Bashkir: имтихан (imtixan) Belarusian: экза́мен m (ekzámjen), экза́мэн m (ekzámen), тэст m (test) Bengali: পরীক্ষা (bn) (pôrīkha), ইমতেহান (bn) (imtehan) Bulgarian: и́зпит (bg) m (ízpit), тест (bg) m (test) Burmese: စာမေးပွဲ (my) (came:pwai:) Catalan: examen (ca) m Chinese: Cantonese: 考試, 考试 (haau2 si5) Dungan: кошу (košu), кофа (kofa) Mandarin: 考試／考试 (zh) (kǎoshì), 測驗／测验 (zh) (cèyàn) Min Nan: 考試 (zh-min-nan), 考试 (khó-chhì) Crimean Tatar: imtian Czech: zkouška (cs) f Danish: eksamen c, prøve (da) c Dutch: tentamen (nl) n toets (nl) m, proefwerk (nl) n, examen (nl) n Esperanto: ekzameno Estonian: eksam (et) Finnish: tentti (fi), koe (fi) French: examen (fr) m Georgian: გამოცდა (gamocda) German: Prüfung (de) f, Test (de) m, Überprüfung (de) f, Erprobung (de) f, Versuch (de) m, Examen (de) n, Klausur (de) f Greek: εξέταση (el) f (exétasi), διαγώνισμα (el) n (diagónisma) Ancient: δοκιμασία f (dokimasía) Hebrew: מִבְחָן‎ (he) m (mivkhán) Hindi: परीक्षा (hi) m (parīkṣā), इम्तहान (hi) m (imtahān) Hungarian: vizsga (hu) Icelandic: próf n Indonesian: ujian (id), tes (id) Irish: scrúdú m Italian: esame (it) m Japanese: 試験 (ja) (しけん, shiken), テスト (ja) (tesuto), 考査 (ja) (こうさ, kōsa) Kazakh: емтихан (kk) (emtixan), сынақ (synaq) Khmer: ប្រឡង់ (km) (prɑlɑng), វិញ្ញាសា (km) (vɨññiəsaa) Korean: 시험(試驗) (ko) (siheom), 테스트 (ko) (teseuteu), 고사(考査) (ko) (gosa) Kurdish: Northern Kurdish: imtîhan (ku), ezmûn (ku), azmûn (ku) Kyrgyz: экзамен (ky) (ekzamen), сынак (ky) (sınak) Lao: ການສອບ (kān sǭp) Latin: inquisitio, quaestio Latvian: eksāmens m Lithuanian: egzaminas (lt) m Macedonian: испит m (ispit) Malay: peperiksaan (ms) Malayalam: പരീക്ഷ (ml) (parīkṣa) Maori: whakamātautau Marathi: परिक्षा f (parikṣā) Mongolian: Cyrillic: шалгалт (mn) (šalgalt) Ngazidja Comorian: mtihani class 3/4, gizama class 9/10 Norwegian: Bokmål: eksamen (no) m, prøve (no) m or f Nynorsk: eksamen m Pashto: امتحان‎ (ps) m (emtehãn) Persian: امتحان‎ (fa) (emtehân), آزمون‎ (fa) (âzmun), تست‎ (fa) (test) Plautdietsch: Eksamen m Polish: egzamin (pl) m, sprawdzian (pl) m Portuguese: exame (pt) m Romanian: examen (ro) n Romansch: examen m Russian: экза́мен (ru) m (ekzámen), тест (ru) m (tɛst), зачёт (ru) m (začót) Sanskrit: परीक्षा (sa) f (parīkṣā) Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: ѝспит m Roman: ìspit (sh) m Slovak: skúška f Slovene: izpit (sl) m Spanish: examen (es) m, examinación f (dated) Swahili: mtihani (sw) Swedish: tentamen (sv) c, tenta (sv) c, prov (sv) n, skrivning (sv) c Tagalog: sulit (tl) Tajik: имтиҳон (tg) (imtihon), озмун (ozmun) Tatar: имтихан (tt) (imtixan) Thai: การสอบ (th) (gaan-sɔ̀ɔp) Turkish: sınav (tr), imtihan (tr) Turkmen: ekzamen, synag, zaçýot Ukrainian: екза́мен (uk) m (ekzámen), і́спит (uk) m (íspyt), тест m (test) Urdu: پریکشا‎ (parīkśā), امتحان‎ (ur) (imtahān) Uyghur: ئىمتىھان‎ (imtihan) Uzbek: imtihon (uz), ekzamen, sinov (uz) Vietnamese: thi (vi), khảo thí (vi) Vilamovian: prifung f Walloon: egzamin (wa) m Welsh: arholiad (cy) m Yiddish: עקזאַמען‎ m (ekzamen), בחינה‎ f (bkhine)

interrogation — see interrogation

Anagrams

• exanimation