Hypertext Webster Gateway: "examination"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
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.
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.
He neglected the studies, . . . stood low at the
examinations. --Macaulay.
{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}, that made by
a party calling a witness, after, and upon matters arising
out of, the cross-examination.
Syn: Search; inquiry; investigation; research; scrutiny;
inquisition; inspection; exploration.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
examination
n 1: the act of examining something closely (as for mistakes)
[syn: {inspection}, {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}]
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}]
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