Definition, Meaning, Synonyms & Anagrams | English word EXAMINATION

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Definitions of EXAMINATION

1. The act of examining.
2. Particularly, an inspection by a medical professional to establish the extent and nature of any sickness or injury.
3. Interrogation, particularly by a lawyer in court or during discovery.
4. (education) A formal test involving answering written or oral questions under a time constraint and usually without access to textbooks; typically, a large, written test administered to high school and college students covering course material studied in a semester.

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Examples of Using EXAMINATION in a Sentence

• Conservation activities include preventive conservation, examination, documentation, research, treatment, and education.
• Case study, a research method involving an up-close, in-depth, and detailed examination of a particular case, in the social and life sciences.
• Critical theory – the examination and critique of society and culture, drawing from knowledge across the social sciences and humanities.
• It is preceded by direct examination (known as examination-in-chief in Ireland, the United Kingdom, Australia, Canada, South Africa, India and Pakistan) and may be followed by a redirect (known as re-examination in the aforementioned countries).
• Direct examination is the questioning of a witness by the lawyer/side/party that called such witness in a trial.
• During direct examination, if the examining attorney who called the witness finds that their testimony is antagonistic or contrary to the legal position of their client, the attorney may request that the judge declare the witness "hostile".
• Jurisprudence, also known as theory of law or philosophy of law, is the examination in a general perspective of what law is and what it ought to be.
• Malaria is typically diagnosed by the microscopic examination of blood using blood films, or with antigen-based rapid diagnostic tests.
• Advancement in such a system is based on performance, as measured through examination or demonstrated achievement.
• He passed the bar examination after studying law under Oliver Ellsworth and others, but was unable to find work as a lawyer.
• In common law jurisdictions, a preliminary hearing, preliminary examination, preliminary inquiry, evidentiary hearing or probable cause hearing is a proceeding, after a criminal complaint has been filed by the prosecutor, to determine whether there is enough evidence to require a trial.
• Bioarchaeology is the study of past human cultures through examination of human remains recovered in an archaeological context.
• While his early works were influenced by Romanticism – such as the murals in the Jas de Bouffan country house – and Realism, Cézanne arrived at a new pictorial language through intense examination of Impressionist forms of expression.
• The term prima facie is used in modern legal English (including both civil law and criminal law) to signify that upon initial examination, sufficient corroborating evidence appears to exist to support a case.
• Redirect examination, in the United States, is the questioning of a witness who has already provided testimony under oath in response to direct examination as well as cross examination by the opponent.
• In the seventh season, Troi takes the bridge officer's examination and is promoted to the rank of commander, but continues as counsellor.
• In addition, the Examination Yuan is in charge of validating the qualification of civil servants, and the Control Yuan inspects, reviews, and audits the policies and operations of the government.
• Although the information would not have withstood close examination, Pujol soon established himself as a trustworthy agent.
• In 1937, he published his first novel, Ferdydurke, which presented many of his usual themes: problems of immaturity and youth, creation of identity in interactions with others, and an ironic, critical examination of class roles in Polish society and culture.
• The act of conducting a review, examination and reconciliation of Telecom, Wireless and Network customer service records, invoicing and contract agreements in order to ensure the accuracy of budgetary forecasting.
• It requires hospital emergency departments that accept payments from Medicare to provide an appropriate medical screening examination (MSE) for anyone seeking treatment for a medical condition regardless of citizenship, legal status, or ability to pay.
• This method facilitated an examination of these systems akin to the scrutiny applied to contemporary philosophical problems.
• thumb The age of cattle is determined chiefly by examination of the teeth, and less perfectly by the horn rings or the length of the tail brush; due to bang-tailing, which is the act of cutting the long hairs at the tip of the tail short to identify the animal after management practices, the last method is the least reliable.
• Respiratory therapists graduate from a college or university with a degree in respiratory therapy and have passed a national board certifying examination.
• A deposition in the law of the United States, or examination for discovery in the law of Canada, involves the taking of sworn, out-of-court oral testimony of a witness that may be reduced to a written transcript for later use in court or for discovery purposes.

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