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# exam

«exam» in Mova's school dictionary: **a test at school or college to see how much you know** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 2 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (exam, exams); short for examination

### meaning for a pupil

1) An exam is a test at school or college to see how much you know. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/exam/#m1)

2) An exam (examination) is also a check by a doctor or dentist, like an eye exam. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/exam/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

questions and marks on an exam; pupils who passed; time for an exam; in school: revise for exams, sit or take an exam, pass or fail; in health: an eye exam checks your sight; phrases: «take/sit an exam», «pass an exam», «exam results», «exam paper»

### examples

- The exam has 40 questions. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/exam/#x1)
- She got 35 marks on the exam. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/exam/#x2)
- 28 pupils passed the exam. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/exam/#x3)
- The exam lasts 90 minutes. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/exam/#x4)
- We have a maths exam next week. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/exam/#x5)
- He revised every evening before his exams. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/exam/#x6)
- No talking during the exam. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/exam/#x7)
- She went for an eye exam and got new glasses. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/exam/#x8)
- Read every question carefully in the exam. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/exam/#x9)

### note

Story word; the numbers are marks, questions or time. Wrong answers = all questions − right ones. Percent score = marks ÷ total marks × 100. «Take an exam» (US) / «sit an exam» (UK); «pass» means succeed, not «go past».

### In the corpora

- [Year 6 writing in England is assessed by the teacher from work across the year; there is no single writing exam.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/english/53-writing-assessment-and-the-year-6-panic/5/)
- [For centuries Chinese officials were chosen by hard written exams on classic books, not only by birth.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/history/9-ancient-china-dynasties-the-first-emperor-and-the-great-wall/19/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «exam» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/exam/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.