examination

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• Rhymes: -eɪʃən

Noun

examination (plural examinations)

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. A formal test involving answering written or oral questions with no or limited access to text books or the like.

Derived terms

11-plus examination bar examination clinical examination cross-examination cross examination direct examination

exam examination-in-chief final examination physical examination re-examination self-examination

Related terms

• examine

Translations

act of examining

• Russian: проверка (ru) (provérka) f , исследование (ru) (isslédovanije) n 

• Spanish: examen (es) m, examinación (es) f (dated)

inspection by a doctor

• Bulgarian: преглед (bg) m (pregled)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 診察 (cmn), 诊察 (cmn) (zhěnchá)

• Czech: vyšetření (cs) n
• Finnish: tarkastelu, tarkastus
• Greek: εξέταση (el) (exétasi) f 
• Italian: esame (it) m, visita (it) f

• Japanese: 診察 (ja) (しんさつ, shinsatsu)
• Polish: badanie (pl) n
• Romanian: examinare (ro) f, examen medical (ro) n, consult medical (ro) n
• Russian: осмотр (ru) (osmótr) m , медосмотр (ru) (medosmótr) m 
• Spanish: examen (es) m, examinación (es) f (dated)
• Swedish: undersökning (sv) c
• Turkish: muayene (tr)

formal test

• Arabic: امتحان (ar) (imtihān) m
• Armenian: քննություն (hy) (k’nnut’yun) 
• Bulgarian: изпит (bg) (ízpit) m 
• Catalan: examen m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 考試 (cmn), 考试 (cmn) (kǎoshì)

• Czech: zkouška (cs) f
• Dutch: toets m, proefwerk n, examen n
• Esperanto: ekzameno (eo)
• Finnish: tentti (fi), tutkinto (fi)
• French: examen (fr) m
• Georgian: გამოცდა (ka) (gamoc’da) 
• German: Prüfung (de) f, Test (de) m, Überprüfung (de) f, Erprobung (de) f, Versuch (de) m, Examen (de) n
• Hindi: परीक्षा (hi) (parīkṣā)
• Irish: scrúdú (ga) m
• Italian: esame (it) m
• Japanese: 試験 (ja) (しけん, shiken)

• Korean: 시험 (ko) (siheom) (試驗 (ko))
• Latin: inquisitio (la), quaestio (la)
• Malay: peperiksaan (ms)
• Marathi: परिक्षा (mr) (parikṣā) f
• Persian: امتحان (fa) (emtehân)
• Polish: egzamin (pl) m
• Portuguese: exame m
• Romanian: examen (ro) n
• Romansch: examen m
• Russian: экзамен (ru) (ekzámen) m , тест (ru) (tɛst) m 
• Sanskrit: परीक्षा (sa) (parikṣā)
• Slovak: skúška (sk) f
• Slovene: izpit (sl) m
• Spanish: examen (es) m, examinación (es) f (dated)
• Swedish: tentamen (sv) c, tenta (sv) c, prov (sv) n, skrivning (sv) c
• Turkish: sınav (tr), imtihan (tr)
• Urdu: پريکشا (ur) (parīkṣā), امتحان (ur) (imtahān)
• Welsh: arholiad (cy) m

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