Found 3 items, similar to Examination.
English → Indonesian (quick)
Definition: examination
eksamen, imtihan, pemeriksaan, ujian
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: examination
examination
n 1: the act of examining something closely (as for mistakes)
[syn:
scrutiny]
2: a set of questions or exercises evaluating skill or
knowledge;
“when the test was stolen the professor had to
make a new set of questions” [syn:
exam,
test]
3: formal systematic questioning [syn:
interrogation,
interrogatory]
4: examination of conscience (as done daily by Jesuits) [syn:
examen]
5: the act of giving students or candidates a test (as by
questions) to determine what they know or have learned
[syn:
testing]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Examination
Examination
\Ex*am`i*na"tion\, n. [L. examinatio: cf. F.
examination.]
1. The act of examining, or state of being examined; a
careful search, investigation, or inquiry; scrutiny by
study or experiment.
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2. A process prescribed or assigned for testing
qualification; as, the examination of a student, or of a
candidate for admission to the bar or the ministry.
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He neglected the studies, . . . stood low at the
examinations. --Macaulay.
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Examination in chief, or
Direct examination (Law), that
examination which is made of a witness by a party calling
him.
Cross-examination, that made by the opposite party.
Re["e]xamination, or
Re-direct examination, (Law) that
questioning of a witness at trial made by the party
calling the witness, after, and upon matters arising out
of, the cross-examination; also called informally
re-direct.
Syn: Search; inquiry; investigation; research; scrutiny;
inquisition; inspection; exploration.
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