Examined Examine Chapter ɪɡˈzæmɪn Ideas Detail Study Carefully

• these ideas will be examined in more detail in chapter 10.
• it is necessary to examine how the proposals can be carried out.
• these ideas will be examined in more detail in chapter 10.
• the job involves gathering and analysing data.

examine

1. to consider or study an idea, a subject, etc. very carefully
• These ideas will be examined in more detail in Chapter 10.
• It is necessary to examine how the proposals can be carried out.
• These ideas will be examined in more detail in Chapter 10.
• The job involves gathering and analysing data.
• He tried to analyse his feelings.
• The government will review the situation later in the year.
• We will study the report carefully before making a decision.
• This topic will be discussed at greater length in the next chapter.
• The book is about homeless people in the cities.
• The report deals with the issue of homelessness in London.
• The writer discusses the problems faced by homeless people.
• The article presents an overview of the issues surrounding homelessness.
• The novel explores the theme of friendship among homeless people.
• The first chapter examines the relationship between homelessness and drug addiction.
• The paper considers the question of why so many young people become homeless.
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 but could find nothing wrong.
• The goods were examined for damage on arrival.
• Check your work before handing it in.
• The goods were examined for damage on arrival.
• Make sure you inspect the goods before signing for them.
• The Tourist Board inspects all recommended hotels at least once a year.
• The surveyor examined the walls for signs of damp.
• Public health officials were called in to inspect the restaurant.
• Go over your work for spelling mistakes before you hand it in.
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.
4. to ask somebody questions formally, especially in court
• see also cross-examine
  https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/cross-examine
5. to be crazy
• See related entries: Describing strange traits
  https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/topic/describing_strange_traits/examine_1

Extra Examples

• Critically examine your work as if you were looking at someone else’s efforts.
• Each case must be carefully examined.
• 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.
• Only recently have historians begun to examine its impact and influence.
• The course is externally examined.
• The room was examined minutely for clues.
• This claim needs to be examined separately.
• This study sets out to examine the possible effects of climate change.
• This survey systematically examined their claims.
• We continue to examine new ways of doing business.
• We shall now proceed to examine these two aspects of the problem in detail.
• one of the very few studies to empirically examine this problem
• the few studies that have specifically examined the effectiveness of the drug

Verb Forms

• present simple I / you / we / they examine
• he / she / it examines
• past simple examined
• past participle examined
• -ing form examining

Word Origin

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