exam

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):/ɪɡˈzæm/,/ɛɡˈzæm/,/ɛkˈsam/
  • (Philadelphia)IPA^(key):[ɪɡˈzæm]

• Audio(UK):

  (file)

• Rhymes:-æm

Noun

exam(pluralexams)

1. (informal)Clipping ofexamination,especially when meaningtestor in compound terms.
   • 2013July 19,Peter Wilby,“Finland spreads word on schools”,inThe Guardian Weekly,volume189,number 6, page30:

     Imagine a country where children do nothing but play until they start compulsory schooling at age seven. Then, without exception, they attend comprehensives until the age of 16.[…]There are no inspectors, noexamsuntil the age of 18, no school league tables, no private tuition industry, no school uniforms. […]

Derived terms

• bar exam
• blue book exam
• challenge exam
• clinical exam
• cross-exam
• direct exam
• entrance exam
• exam paper
• final exam
• mock exam
• oral exam
• physical exam
• self-exam
• transfer exam

Verb

exam(third-person singular simple presentexams,present participleexammingorexaming,simple past and past participleexammedorexamed)

1. (sciences)Shortened form ofexamine
   • doi=10.1371/journal.pone.0135795

     Thin sections were stained with lead citrate and thenexamedusing 1200EX electron microscope (JEOL, Tokyo, Japan).

Anagrams

• AmEx,Amex

French

Noun

examm(pluralexams)

1. (informal)Short forexamen