examine
Pronunciation
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Pronunciation
- IPA: /ɪɡˈzæmɪn/
examine (examines, present participle examining; past and past participle examined)
- to observe or inspect carefully or critically
- He examined the crime scene for clues.
- She examined the hair sample under a microscope.
- 1992, Rudolf M[athias] Schuster, The Hepaticae and Anthocerotae of North America: East of the Hundredth Meridian, volume V, New York, N.Y.: Columbia University Press, →ISBN, page vii:
- With fresh material, taxonomic conclusions are leavened by recognition that the material examined reflects the site it occupied; a herbarium packet gives one only a small fraction of the data desirable for sound conclusions. Herbarium material does not, indeed, allow one to extrapolate safely: what you see is what you get{{...}
- to check the health or condition of something or someone
- The doctor examined the patient.
- to determine the aptitude, skills or qualifications of someone by subjecting them to an examination
- to interrogate
- The witness was examined under oath.
- pore over, undersee
- French: examiner
- German: untersuchen
- Portuguese: examinar, analisar
- Russian: осма́тривать
- Spanish: examinar, analizar
- French: examiner
- German: untersuchen
- Portuguese: examinar
- Russian: осма́тривать
- Spanish: auscultar
- German: untersuchen, prüfen
- Portuguese: examinar, testar
- Russian: испы́тывать
- Spanish: examinar
- German: befragen
- Portuguese: interrogar
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