Thesaurus: examination

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1. n. The act of examining, or state of being examined; a careful search, investigation, or inquiry; scrutiny by study or experiment.
2. n. A process prescribed or assigned for testing qualification; as, the examination of a student, or of a candidate for admission to the bar or the ministry.
3. n. the act of examining something closely (as for mistakes)
4. n. a set of questions or exercises evaluating skill or knowledge
5. n. formal systematic questioning
6. n. a detailed inspection of your conscience (as done daily by Jesuits)
7. n. the act of giving students or candidates a test (as by questions) to determine what they know or have learned
8. 1. The act of examining, or state of being examined; a careful search, investigation, or inquiry; scrutiny by study or experiment. 2. A process prescribed or assigned for testing qualification; as, the examination of a student, or of a candidate for admission to the bar or the ministry. He neglected the studies, . . . stood low at the examinations. Macaulay. Examination in chief, or Direct examination (Law), that examination which is made of a witness by a party calling him. -- Cross-examination, that made by the opposite party. -- Reëxamination, or Re-direct examination, that made by a party calling a witness, after, and upon matters arising out of, the cross- examination. Syn. -- Search; inquiry; investigation; research; scrutiny; inquisition; inspection; exploration.
9. n:100 n. the act of examining something closely (as for mistakes) n. a set of questions or exercises evaluating skill or knowledge n. the act of giving students or candidates a test (as by questions) to determine what they know or have learned