Synonym: exam, examen, interrogation, interrogatory, scrutiny, test, testing. Similar words: nomination, recrimination, discrimination, examine, examining, inclination, combination, laminated. Meaning: [ɪg‚zæmɪ'neɪʃn] 
n. 1. the act of examining something closely (as for mistakes) 2. a set of questions or exercises evaluating skill or knowledge 3. formal systematic questioning 4. a detailed inspection of your conscience (as done daily by Jesuits) 5. the act of giving students or candidates a test (as by questions) to determine what they know or have learned.
n. 1. the act of examining something closely (as for mistakes) 2. a set of questions or exercises evaluating skill or knowledge 3. formal systematic questioning 4. a detailed inspection of your conscience (as done daily by Jesuits) 5. the act of giving students or candidates a test (as by questions) to determine what they know or have learned. 
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151. The teacher laid the student out for cheat at the examination.
152. The teacher is correcting the examination papers agreeably because all her students have done well in the examination.
153. The boy was pitched out of the school for failing to pass the examination again.
154. The teacher was laid under the necessity of punishing the student who failed in the examination.
155. At the examination he made several glaring blunders, and that did for him.
156. His ideas about social change do not stand up to close examination.
157. Those cute boys breezed through the examination with no trouble at all!
158. Careful examination of the ruins revealed an even earlier temple.
159. The examination question baffled me completely and I couldn't answer it.
160. Jim didn't really have to extend himself in the examination.
161. He failed the examination but he didn't seem to care.
162. The teacher forecast that 15 of his pupils would pass the examination.
163. How well does this thesis stand up to close examination?
164. The doctor has made an initial diagnosis, but there'll be an additional examination by a specialist.
165. The second passage for reading comprehension on the examination paper foxed me completely; I couldn't understand it at all.
166. The country's fixation on the war may delay a serious examination of domestic needs. Sentencedict.com
167. The alternative book to study for the examination is 'War and Peace'.
168. He is mugging up on his chemistry for the final examination.
169. If you fail your examination,you will be put back a whole year.
170. He expostulated with the teacher about his child's examination results.
171. A post mortem examination found that she died from asphyxiation.
172. It is a matter to be regretted that he should have failed again in the examination.
173. Her wedding clashed with my examination, so I couldn't go.
174. Now the examination score serves as the only criterion for a student's academic performance.
175. The school's examination results shame those of the other schools in the area.
176. It takes years to work your way through the examination system until you gain a degree.
177. I thought it was paint at first, but on closer examination I realised it was dried blood.
178. The examination was a pushover ; I'm sure of all the answers.
179. You'll have to stay in after school if you still fail to pass the examination.
180. Dr Payne led Lana back into the examination room and told her she was seeing things.
More similar words: nomination, recrimination, discrimination, examine, examining, inclination, combination, laminated, nation, zonation, donation, national, damnation, nationwide, incarnation, nationalism, explanation, nation-state, international, administration, dominate, eliminate, fascinating, ratification, in addition, for example, in addition to, location, education, operation.