Definitions for examine

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examine ex·am·ine

Spelling: [ig-zam-in]

IPA: /ɪgˈzæm ɪn/

Examine is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 16 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 18 points.

You can make 104 anagrams from letters in examine (aeeimnx).

Definitions for examine

verb (used with object)

1. to inspect or scrutinize carefully:
2. to observe, test, or investigate (a person's body or any part of it), especially in order to evaluate general health or determine the cause of illness.
3. to inquire into or investigate:
4. to test the knowledge, reactions, or qualifications of (a pupil, candidate, etc.), as by questions or assigning tasks.
5. to subject to legal inquisition; put to question in regard to conduct or to knowledge of facts; interrogate:

Origin of examine

1275-1325; Middle English Middle French examiner Latin exāmināre to weigh, examine, test, equivalent to exāmin- (stem of exāmen examen) + -āre infinitive ending

Examples for examine

They were being carried out and the stench of their rotting flesh and bloated guts made it hard to examine them closely.

Then Linda began to examine books more carefully than before.

When Breman asked to examine him, he was too sick to answer.

It is simply that we have failed to understand and examine the factors that are putting young gay men at risk.

There only remains to examine the opinions of those who differ from me.

Any institution striving to examine such an iconic figure would find formidable challenges.

Then examine the meat to see how much of the liquid has evaporated.

But let us return to the opinion of Maimonides, and examine it more closely.

It was a strangely shaped block, due to the area once being underwater, and he took it home with him to examine closer.

We left the track to examine a gully to the north, but could not find any water.