examine

examine
verb
ADVERB
▪ carefully, closely, in detail, minutely
▪

Each case must be carefully examined.

▪

We shall now proceed to examine these two aspects of the problem in detail.

▪ exhaustively, fully, properly, really, thoroughly
▪ meticulously, rigorously, systematically
▪

This survey systematically examined their claims.

▪ briefly, quickly
▪ individually, separately
▪

This claim needs to be examined separately.

▪ directly, explicitly, specifically
▪

the few studies that have specifically examined the effectiveness of the drug

▪ further
▪ critically
▪

Critically examine your work as if you were looking at someone else's efforts.

▪ empirically (esp. AmE)
▪

one of the very few studies to empirically examine this problem

▪ medically
VERB + EXAMINE
▪ aim to, attempt to, be designed to, propose to, seek to, set out to
▪

This study sets out to examine the possible effects of climate change.

▪ proceed to
▪ stop to
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Anna stopped to examine a plant growing by the stream.

▪ begin to
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Only recently have historians begun to examine its impact and influence.

▪ continue to
▪

We continue to examine new ways of doing business.

▪ be necessary to, need to
▪ be helpful to, be instructive to, be useful to, be worthwhile to
▪

It is instructive to examine the data we have so far.

▪ want to, wish to
▪ not bother to
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He didn't even bother to examine the note.

▪ fail to
▪

He fails to examine the implications of such a development.

PREPOSITION
▪ for
▪

The room was examined minutely for clues.

PHRASES
▪ let us examine … 
▪

Let us examine the implications of this theory.

Examine is used with these nouns as the subject: ↑article, ↑chapter, ↑conference, ↑enquiry, ↑essay, ↑eye, ↑paper, ↑pathologist, ↑report, ↑research, ↑researcher, ↑scientist, ↑study, ↑survey, ↑vet, ↑veterinarian, ↑workshop
Examine is used with these nouns as the object: ↑allegation, ↑application, ↑archive, ↑aspect, ↑association, ↑behaviour, ↑body, ↑cause, ↑characteristic, ↑collection, ↑conscience, ↑consequence, ↑correlation, ↑credentials, ↑data, ↑detail, ↑difference, ↑distribution, ↑document, ↑effect, ↑effectiveness, ↑efficiency, ↑evidence, ↑expression, ↑extent, ↑fact, ↑feasibility, ↑file, ↑finding, ↑fingernail, ↑hypothesis, ↑impact, ↑implication, ↑incidence, ↑influence, ↑issue, ↑link, ↑log, ↑map, ↑matter, ↑merit, ↑motive, ↑nail, ↑nature, ↑patient, ↑perception, ↑phenomenon, ↑possibility, ↑problem, ↑profile, ↑property, ↑prospect, ↑question, ↑record, ↑reflection, ↑relationship, ↑relevance, ↑remains, ↑report, ↑response, ↑role, ↑situation, ↑strain, ↑subject, ↑surroundings, ↑theme, ↑usefulness, ↑utility, ↑witness, ↑workings, ↑wound, ↑wreckage, ↑X-ray

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