examine
to inspect or scrutinize carefully: to examine a prospective purchase.
to observe, test, or investigate (a person's body or any part of it), especially in order to evaluate general health or determine the cause of illness.
to inquire into or investigate: to examine one's motives.
to test the knowledge, reactions, or qualifications of (a pupil, candidate, etc.), as by questions or assigning tasks.
to subject to legal inquisition; put to question in regard to conduct or to knowledge of facts; interrogate: to examine a witness;to examine a suspect.
Origin of examine
1Other words for examine
Other words from examine
- ex·am·in·a·ble, adjective
- ex·am·i·na·to·ri·al [ig-zam-uh-nuh-tawr-ee-uhl, -tohr-], /ɪgˌzæm ə nəˈtɔr i əl, -ˈtoʊr-/, adjective
- ex·am·in·er, noun
- ex·am·in·ing·ly, adverb
- pre·ex·am·ine, verb (used with object), pre·ex·am·ined, pre·ex·am·in·ing.
- pre·ex·am·in·er, noun
- sub·ex·am·in·er, noun
- su·per·ex·am·in·er, noun
- un·ex·am·in·a·ble, adjective
- un·ex·am·ined, adjective
- un·ex·am·in·ing, adjective
- well-ex·am·ined, adjective
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How to use examine in a sentence
Often-disputed stories, such as President John Kennedy’s alleged grounding of Glenn after one spaceflight, are never fully examined, they are simply repeated.
Another look at John Glenn through a heroic lens | Francis French | November 20, 2020 | Washington PostGiuliani said at the lectern, doing a terrible Joe Pesci, from the scene where he cross-examines an elderly eyewitness with bad eyesight.
Rudy Giuliani’s post-election meltdown starts to become literal | Dan Zak, Josh Dawsey | November 20, 2020 | Washington PostThose working inside the system must now take a step back and examine the system itself.
Some Math Problems Seem Impossible. That Can Be a Good Thing. | Patrick Honner | November 18, 2020 | Quanta MagazinePattison also examines how Ardi’s skeleton makes her a one-of-a-kind find.
Ardi and her discoverers shake up hominid evolution in ‘Fossil Men’ | Bruce Bower | November 18, 2020 | Science NewsHe and his colleagues recently examined the strategies that China, South Korea, Taiwan, Japan, Vietnam, Hong Kong, and Singapore used to combat the new disease.
These countries managed to turn COVID-19 around. Here’s how we could do the same. | Kate Baggaley | November 17, 2020 | Popular-Science
And like all markers of cultural identity, words and tunes often exist inside of us, unexamined.
The Trouble With Mourning Arik Einstein As Diaspora Jews | Mira Sucharov | November 27, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTAs a veteran of the war, I admit my gut finds instant unexamined sympathy here.
Who Should Kill? Looking for Answers in Erik Prince’s Memoir | Brian Castner | November 22, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTThe unexamined life is not worth living, according to Socrates.
The people who staffed these media companies shared some deep unexamined prejudices about what was news and what was not news.
It may be true that the unexamined life is not worth living, but too much philosophy can have negative ends of its own.
This Week’s Hot Reads: April 9, 2012 | Nicholas Mancusi, Malcolm Jones | April 9, 2012 | THE DAILY BEASTDaylight failed and night came on before our task was finished, several carriages remaining unexamined.
Fifty Years of Railway Life in England, Scotland and Ireland | Joseph TatlowBut it becomes more peculiarly a duty to the professors of art not to let any opinions relating to that art pass unexamined.
Seven Discourses on Art | Joshua ReynoldsPlacing it in my hands, he entreated me to see it securely conveyed to its address unexamined and unopened.
Nothing within their sphere do they leave unexamined, grunting all the time with infinite variety of expression.
As long as there was only one Pope men handed on unexamined the old reverence from father to son.
Human Nature In Politics | Graham Wallas
British Dictionary definitions for examine
/ (ɪɡˈzæmɪn) /
to look at, inspect, or scrutinize carefully or in detail; investigate
education to test the knowledge or skill of (a candidate) in (a subject or activity) by written or oral questions or by practical tests
law to interrogate (a witness or accused person) formally on oath
med to investigate the state of health of (a patient)
Origin of examine
1Derived forms of examine
- examinable, adjective
- examiner, noun
- examining, adjective
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