Look up: examination

1. examination
   [n] - a set of questions or exercises evaluating skill or knowledge 2. [n] - the act of examining something closely (as for mistakes) 3. [n] - the act of giving students or candidates a test (as by questions) to determine what they know or have learned
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2. examination
   an element of inspection consisting of investigation of materials etc to determine conformance with those specified requirements which can be determined by such investigation. Category: Nuclear industry (with applied atomic and nuclear physics) • critical investigation and inspection for...
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3. Examination
   Ex·am`i·na'tion noun [ Latin examinatio : confer French examination .] 1. The act of examining, or state of being examined; a careful search, investigation, or inquiry; scrutiny by study or experiment. 2. A process prescr...
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4. examination
   Any investigation or inspection made for the purpose of diagnosis; usually qualified by the method used. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...
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5. examination
   scrutiny noun the act of examining something closely (as for mistakes)
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6. examination
   exam noun a set of questions or exercises evaluating skill or knowledge; `when the test was stolen the professor had to make a new set of questions`
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7. Examination
   • (n.) A process prescribed or assigned for testing qualification; as, the examination of a student, or of a candidate for admission to the bar or the ministry. • (n.) The act of examining, or state of being examined; a careful search, investigation, or inquiry; scrutiny by study or experiment.
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8. examination
   (from the article `pedagogy`) ...in the form of reasoning power. There has been special emphasis on the idea of the student`s readiness at various ages to grasp concepts of ...
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9. Examination
   (from the article `Benton, Thomas Hart`) ...Years` View, 2 vol. (1854–56), was eloquent with agrarian and Jacksonian Democratic faith, opposition to slavery extension, and concern for the ...
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10. examination
    in law, the interrogation of a witness by attorneys or by a judge. In Anglo-American proceedings an examination usually begins with direct ... [2 related articles]
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11. examination
    Type: Term Pronunciation: ek-zam′i-nā′shŭn Definitions: 1. Any investigation or inspection made for the purpose of diagnosis; usually qualified by the method used. 2. A method of evaluation of skills or knowledge after receiving instruction in a given field.
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12. examination
    Evaluating the preparation of prospective statements, support underlying assumptions, and presentation. The accountant reports whether, in his or her opinion, the statements conform to AICPA guidelines and assumptions provide a reasonable basis for the responsible party's forecast. The accountant sh...
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13. Examination
    n. 1) the questioning of a witness by an attorney. Direct examination is interrogation by the attorney who called the witness, and cross-examination is questioning by the opposing attorney. A principal difference is that an attorney putting questions to his own witness cannot ask "leading" questions...
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14. EXAMINATION
    formal interrogation of a witness or suspect by a JP or similar legal official (or a coroner in the case of homicides), shortly after the offence in question had taken place; the documents would be sent to the court to use at the trial. They were not regarded as formal legal documents and many courts destroyed them once the case was over
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