transcription, транскрипция: [ ɪgzæmɪn ]
( examines, examining, examined)
Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English.
1.
If you examine something, you look at it carefully.
He examined her passport and stamped it...
VERB : V n
• ex‧ami‧na‧tion
(examinations)
The Navy is to carry out an examination of the wreck tomorrow...
= inspection
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2.
If a doctor examines you, he or she looks at your body, feels it, or does simple tests in order to check how healthy you are.
Another doctor examined her and could still find nothing wrong...
VERB : V n
• ex‧ami‧na‧tion
He was later discharged after an examination at Westminster Hospital...
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3.
If an idea, proposal, or plan is examined , it is considered very carefully.
The plans will be examined by EU environment ministers.
VERB : V n
• ex‧ami‧na‧tion
The proposal requires careful examination and consideration.
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4.
If you are examined , you are given a formal test in order to show your knowledge of a subject.
...learning to cope with the pressures of being judged and examined by our teachers.
VERB : usu passive , be V-ed