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ex·am·ine

(ĭg-zăm′ĭn)

tr.v. ex·am·ined, ex·am·in·ing, ex·am·ines

a. To observe carefully or critically; inspect: examined the room for clues.

b. To study or analyze: examine a tissue sample under a microscope; examine the structure of a novel; examine one's own motives.

2. To test or check the condition or health of: examine a patient.

3. To determine the qualifications, aptitude, or skills of by means of questions or exercises: Students are examined with standardized tests.

4. To question formally, as to elicit facts or information; interrogate: examine a witness under oath. See Synonyms at ask.

[Middle English examinen, from Old French examiner, from Latin exāmināre, from exāmen, a weighing out, from exigere, to weigh out; see exact.]

ex·am′in·a·ble adj.

ex·am′in·er n.

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examiner

(ɪɡˈzæmɪnə)

1. one who examines or inspects

2. a person who sets or marks an examination

3. law (in the Republic of Ireland) a person appointed by a court to ensure the survival of an Irish public limited company

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Noun	1.	examiner - someone who administers a test to determine your qualifications quizzer, tester asker, enquirer, inquirer, querier, questioner - someone who asks a question
	2.	examiner - an investigator who observes carefully; "the examiner searched for clues" inspector bank examiner - an examiner appointed to audit the accounts of banks in a given jurisdiction checker - one who checks the correctness of something investigator - someone who investigates scrutiniser, scrutinizer - a careful examiner; someone who inspects with great care scrutineer, canvasser - someone who examines votes at an election

examiner

noun inspector, investigator, interviewer, appraiser, quizmaster After she had completed the test, the examiner told her she had passed.

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Translations

فاحِصمُمْتَحِن مُخْتَبِر

zkoušející

eksaminator

kuulustelija

ispitivač

prófdómari

esaminatore

試験官

시험관

examinator

eksaminator forhørsdommer sensor

egzaminator

examinador

экзаменатор

skúšajúci

undersökare

ผู้ตรวจสอบ

sınav görevlisisınavı yapan kimse

giám khảo

主考者检查员

examiner

[ɪgˈzæmɪnəʳ] N → examinador(a) m/f

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examiner

[ɪgˈzæmɪnə^r] n → examinateur/trice m/fexamining board n (British) comité chargé de l'organisation des examens scolaires nationauxexam paper n

(= question paper) → sujet m d'examen

(= answer paper) → copie f

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examiner

n (Sch, Univ) → Prüfer(in) m(f); board of examiners → Prüfungsausschuss m

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examiner

[ɪgˈzæmɪnəʳ] n → esaminatore/trice

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examine

(igˈzӕmin) verb

1. to look at closely; to inspect closely. They examined the animal tracks and decided that they were those of a fox.

2. (of a doctor) to inspect the body of thoroughly to check for disease etc. The doctor examined the child and said she was healthy.

3. to consider carefully. The police must examine the facts.

4. to test the knowledge or ability of (students etc). She examines pupils in mathematics.

5. to question. The lawyer examined the witness in the court case.

exˌamiˈnation noun

1. (a) close inspection. Make a thorough examination of the area where the crime took place; On examination the patient was discovered to have appendicitis.

2. (also exˈam) a test of knowledge or ability. school examinations; She is to take a French/dancing exam; (also adjective) examination/exam papers; He failed/passed the English exam.

3. (a) formal questioning (eg of a witness).

exˈaminer noun

a person who examines.

examiner

→ فاحِص zkoušející eksaminator Prüfer εξεταστής examinador kuulustelija examinateur ispitivač esaminatore 試験官 시험관 examinator sensor egzaminator examinador экзаменатор undersökare ผู้ตรวจสอบ sınav görevlisi giám khảo 主考者

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And now, when he related again the picturesque little anecdote about the examiner and his boots, he laughed.

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He did not know how long an article he should write, but he counted the words in a double-page article in the Sunday supplement of the SAN FRANCISCO EXAMINER, and guided himself by that.

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He also held the important post of Grand Examiner, and was at one time appointed a Governor in the provinces.

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When I took my entrance examinations, he was my examiner, and my course was arranged under his supervision.

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But it would, in fact, have afforded little or no additional security against the danger apprehended; and the want of it will never be considered, by an impartial and judicious examiner, as a serious, still less as an insuperable, objection to the plan.

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The thoughts (if any) in the mind of the examinee are of no interest to the examiner; nor has the examiner any reason to suppose even the most successful examinee capable of even the smallest amount of thought.

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That night the housekeeper burned to ashes all the books that were in the yard and in the whole house; and some must have been consumed that deserved preservation in everlasting archives, but their fate and the laziness of the examiner did not permit it, and so in them was verified the proverb that the innocent suffer for the guilty.

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However, it is now some comfort to reflect, that in what I said of my countrymen, I extenuated their faults as much as I durst before so strict an examiner; and upon every article gave as favourable a turn as the matter would bear.

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It was the moment when they had passed successfully their first examination and left the seamanship Examiner with the little precious slip of blue paper in their hands.

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He was afraid of getting some other officer into trouble, and silently fixed his eyes on Bagration as a schoolboy who has blundered looks at an examiner.

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Vogelstein's servant was off in search of an examiner; Count Otto himself had got his things together and was waiting to be released, fully expecting that for a person of his importance the ceremony would be brief.

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Do you know that I am called Florian Barbedienne, actual lieutenant to monsieur the provost, and, moreover, commissioner, inquisitor, controller, and examiner, with equal power in provostship, bailiwick, preservation, and inferior court of judicature?--"