Examination Closer ɪɡˌzæmɪˈneɪʃn Competitive Careful Found Proposals Close

• to sit an examination in mathematics
• successful candidates in gcse examinations
• applicants are selected for jobs on the results of a competitive examination.
• take/do/sit an examination

examination

• = exam
  https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/exam
• to sit an examination in mathematics
• successful candidates in GCSE examinations
• Applicants are selected for jobs on the results of a competitive examination.
• take/do/sit an examination
1. the act of looking at or considering something very carefully
• Careful examination of the ruins revealed an even earlier temple.
• On closer examination it was found that the signature was not genuine.
• Your proposals are still under examination.
• The issue needs further examination.
• The chapter concludes with a brief examination of some of the factors causing family break-up.
2. a close look at something/somebody, especially to see if there is anything wrong or to find the cause of a problem
• see also cross-examination
  https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/cross-examination
• a medical examination
• a post-mortem examination

Extra Examples

• A visual examination corroborated this.
• Constraints of space do not permit a thorough examination of all of these points.
• Each of the proposals deserves careful examination.
• Entrance was by competitive examination.
• He carried out a post-mortem examination.
• He failed his examination in history.
• He has just completed his final examinations at London University.
• He was marking school examination papers during the summer vacation.
• His ideas about social change do not stand up to close examination.
• His ideas do not stand up to close examination.
• I was advised to have a full eyesight examination.
• Most of them don’t really bear further examination.
• On closer examination the wood was found to be rotten.
• One of the teacher’s principal duties is to prepare students for external examinations.
• Patients were asked to lie on the examination table.
• Several items of clothing are still under examination.
• She lay on the examination couch and waited for the doctor to return.
• She will take her examinations later this year.
• Students may enter for both examinations.
• The examinations are set by individual teachers.
• The school curriculum has undergone critical examination in recent years.
• The school’s controversial methods have come under examination by the local authority.
• The stiff entrance examination removes 60 per cent of prospective students.
• These figures warrant closer examination.
• They rushed her into the examination room.
• This argument requires examination from several angles.
• We did examinations on the bodies.
• We will make a more thorough examination of the area later.
• a microscopic examination of the cell structure
• a periodic health examination
• a routine breast examination
• an examination on human anatomy
• genital checks and other intimate examinations
• the faults in the examination system
• A post-mortem examination indicated that the deceased had been poisoned.
• Careful examination of the evidence revealed more surprises.
• Doctors gave him a thorough medical examination.
• On closer examination, her story did not seem to stand up.
• On closer examination, it was found that the signature was not genuine.
• She failed her examination in history.
• The chapter concludes with a brief examination of what causes family break-up.
• There has been a fall in the number of examination candidates.
• This issue needs further examination.
• Your proposals are still under examination.

Word Origin

• late Middle English (also in the sense ‘testing (one's conscience) by a standard’): via Old French from Latin examinatio(n-), from examinare ‘weigh, test’, from examen ‘examination’.