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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181. Countywide, examination results have improved by an average of eight per cent.
182. The whole class gathered around the student who had been unfairly failed, and demanded another examination.
183. I felt great relief when I heard I had passed the examination.
184. When criticisms were made of the school's performance, the parents' group countered with details of its examination results.
185. Judging from your examination results, I think you have cause/grounds/reason for cautious optimism about getting a university place.
186. He has to pass an examination before he can start work.
187. She expostulated about her daughter's examination results with the teacher.
188. It is not permitted to sell or otherwise distribute copies of past examination papers.
189. 95 per cent of my students have passed the examination.
190. Several suggestions for possible examination questions were thrown out by the teacher.
191. He failed in the examination but I don't think he cares very much.
192. The teaher let all the students throught the examination last term.
193. John studied hard before the examination, and it paid off.He made an A.
194. A post-mortem examination showed that he died from head injuries.
195. We did have to urge the students along in the last few weeks before their examination.
196. Before you join the company, you will have to have a medical examination.
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197. You got 47 points on the written examination and 18 on the oral, making a total of 65.
198. After further examination by the prosecutionthe witness was allowed to leave the court.
199. On closer examination it was found that the signature was not genuine.
200. She tried to pump some facts into his head before the examination.
201. The student tried to connive with her friend to cheat in the examination.
202. In preparing for the final examination,she reviewed all the notes she had taken.
203. The medical examination was a mockery; the doctor hardly looked at the child.
204. We were gratified to learn that you had passed the examination.
205. His father rushed in when we were having an examination in the classroom last Wednesday.
206. His wedding clashed with my examination so I couldn't go.
207. Anyone caught cheating will be automatically disqualified from the examination.
208. To have such an easy examination paper was a gift from the gods.
209. He failed his maths examination because of his careless work.
210. Decisions about when he or she is entered for an examination should be taken very carefully.
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