Examine Examined ɪɡˈzæmɪn Carefully Study Detail Critically Verb

• this study sets out to examine in detail the possible effects of climate change.
• her new show critically examines the relationship between the arts and popular culture.
• this important issue must be carefully examined.
• only recently have historians begun to examine the impact and influence of these changes.

examine

Verb Forms

1. to consider or study an idea, a subject, etc. very carefully
• SEE ALSO re-examine
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• This study sets out to examine in detail the possible effects of climate change.
• Her new show critically examines the relationship between the arts and popular culture.
• This important issue must be carefully examined.
• Only recently have historians begun to examine the impact and influence of these changes.
• It is necessary to examine how the proposals can be carried out.
• The weather gave researchers an opportunity to examine what happens to insect numbers when temperatures rise.

Extra Examples

• These ideas will be examined in more detail in Chapter 10.
• Critically examine your work as if you were looking at someone else's efforts.
• He didn't even bother to examine the note.
• He fails to examine the implications of such a development.
• It is instructive to examine the data we have so far.
• Let us examine the implications of this theory.
• This claim needs to be examined separately.
• We continue to examine new ways of doing business.
2. to look at somebody/something closely, to see if there is anything wrong or to find the cause of a problem
• The doctor examined her carefully but could find nothing wrong.
• to be examined by a doctor/psychiatrist/specialist/vet
• She examined herself closely in the mirror.
• The samples were examined under the microscope for the presence of damaged cells.
• The goods were examined for damage on arrival.
• Investigators examined the room minutely for clues.
3. to give somebody a test to see how much they know about a subject or what they can do
• The students will be examined in all subjects at the end of term.
• You are only being examined on this semester's work.
• The course is externally examined (= arranged and marked by somebody from outside a school, a university or an organization).
4. to ask somebody questions formally, especially in court
• SEE ALSO cross-examine
  https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/cross-examine
• The prosecution examined 20 witnesses.
5. to be crazy

Word Origin

• Middle English: from Old French examiner, from Latin examinare ‘weigh, test’, from examen ‘examination’.