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# examination

«examination» in Mova's school dictionary: **a test of what you know or can do, often written; usually…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (an examination, examinations)

### meaning for a pupil

1) (formal) An examination is a test of what you know or can do, often written; usually called an exam. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/examination/#m1)

2) An examination is a careful look at something to study or check it. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/examination/#m2)

3) A medical examination is when a doctor checks your body. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/examination/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

At school it is the formal word for "exam": end-of-year examinations. In science, close examination of a leaf or rock. In health, a doctor's or dentist's examination. Phrases: sit an examination, pass/fail an examination, on examination, under examination.

### examples

- Pupils sit their examinations in the hall. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/examination/#x1)
- The doctor gave him a full examination. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/examination/#x2)
- On examination, the rock had tiny crystals. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/examination/#x3)
- She passed her music examination. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/examination/#x4)
- The dentist's examination took five minutes. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/examination/#x5)
- The detective made a careful examination of the footprints. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/examination/#x6)
- The examination lasts two hours. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/examination/#x7)
- Our examination of the pond water showed tiny creatures. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/examination/#x8)
- He was studying for an examination for an appointment. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/examination/#x9)

### note

Starts with a vowel: "an examination". Short form: exam. Verb: examine. Person: examiner (who marks) / examinee (who takes). In problems, examination marks are often given out of a total, as fractions or percentages.

### In the corpora

- [Some appointments happen by phone or video when no examination is needed, and the doctor decides if you must come in.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/medicine/25-the-gp-the-family-doctor-and-the-nurse/13/)

### Trees and pragmatics

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