- examination
- noun1 (formal) formal test ⇨ See also ↑examADJECTIVE▪ certification (AmE), entrance▪ final▪
He has just completed his final examinations at São Paulo University.
▪ school (esp. BrE)▪ formal▪ competitive▪Entrance was by competitive examination.
▪ external (esp. BrE), public▪One of the teacher's principal duties is to prepare students for external examinations.
▪ A level, GCSE (in the UK)▪ multiple-choice, oral, practical, writtenVERB + EXAMINATION▪ prepare for, study for▪ do (BrE), sit (BrE), sit for (AmE), take▪She will take her examinations later this year.
▪ fail, pass▪ set▪The examinations are set by individual teachers.
▪ administerEXAMINATION + NOUN▪ paper, question (both esp. BrE)▪He was marking school examination papers during the summer vacation. (BrE)
▪ results (esp. BrE), scores (esp. AmE)▪ hall, room▪ process, system▪the faults in the examination system
▪ board (BrE)PREPOSITION▪ examination in▪He failed his examination in history.
▪ examination on▪an examination on human anatomy
2 looking at sth carefullyADJECTIVE▪ careful, close, complete, comprehensive, detailed, full, in-depth, lengthy, rigorous, systematic, thorough▪Each of the proposals deserves careful examination.
▪ brief, cursory, superficial▪ initial, preliminary▪ further▪Most of them don't really bear further examination.
▪ critical▪The school curriculum has undergone critical examination in recent years.
▪ microscopic▪a microscopic examination of the cell structure
▪ clinical, forensic, medical, physical, post-mortem, psychiatric, scientific▪ breast, oral, pelvic, rectal, etc.▪ ultrasound, X-ray, etc.▪ annual, follow-up (esp. AmE), periodic, routine▪a periodic health examination
▪a routine breast examination
▪ intimate (BrE)▪genital checks and other intimate examinations
▪ visual▪A visual examination corroborated this.
VERB + EXAMINATION▪ carry out, conduct, do, make, perform, undertake▪He carried out a post-mortem examination.
▪We will make a more thorough examination of the area later.
▪ come under, be subjected to, be subject to, have, undergo▪I was advised to have a full eyesight examination.
▪ require▪This argument requires examination from several angles.
▪ allow, permit▪Constraints of space do not permit a thorough examination of all of these points.
▪ deserve, warrant▪These figures warrant closer examination.
▪ stand up to▪His ideas do not stand up to close examination.
EXAMINATION + VERB▪ confirm sth, demonstrate sth, reveal sth, show sth▪A medical examination showed no signs of hypertension.
▪ indicate sth, suggest sthEXAMINATION + NOUN▪ couch (BrE), table▪Patients were asked to lie on the examination table.
▪She lay on the examination couch and waited for the doctor to return.
▪ room (esp. AmE)▪They rushed her into the examination room.
PREPOSITION▪ on examination▪On closer examination the wood was found to be rotten.
▪ under examination▪Several items of clothing are still under examination.
▪ examination on▪We did examinations on the bodies.
Collocations dictionary. 2013.
