examine
♦♦ ex|am|ine /ɪgz'æmɪn/ (examines examining examined)
1 [VERB] V n
If you examine something, you look at it carefully.
He examined her passport and stamped it...
● examination [N-VAR]
The Navy is to carry out an examination of the wreck tomorrow...
= inspection
2 [VERB] V n
If a doctor examines you, he or she looks at your body, feels it, or does simple tests in order to check how healthy you are.
Another doctor examined her and could still find nothing wrong...
● examination [N-VAR]
He was later discharged after an examination at Westminster Hospital...
3 [VERB] V n
If an idea, proposal, or plan is examined, it is considered very carefully.
The plans will be examined by EU environment ministers.
● examination [N-VAR]
The proposal requires careful examination and consideration.
4 [VERB] usu passive, be V-ed
If you are examined, you are given a formal test in order to show your knowledge of a subject.
...learning to cope with the pressures of being judged and examined by our teachers.
1 [VERB] V n
If you examine something, you look at it carefully.
He examined her passport and stamped it...
● examination [N-VAR]
The Navy is to carry out an examination of the wreck tomorrow...
= inspection
2 [VERB] V n
If a doctor examines you, he or she looks at your body, feels it, or does simple tests in order to check how healthy you are.
Another doctor examined her and could still find nothing wrong...
● examination [N-VAR]
He was later discharged after an examination at Westminster Hospital...
3 [VERB] V n
If an idea, proposal, or plan is examined, it is considered very carefully.
The plans will be examined by EU environment ministers.
● examination [N-VAR]
The proposal requires careful examination and consideration.
4 [VERB] usu passive, be V-ed
If you are examined, you are given a formal test in order to show your knowledge of a subject.
...learning to cope with the pressures of being judged and examined by our teachers.