'Examine' definitions:
Definition of 'examine'
(from WordNet)
verb
Consider in detail and subject to an analysis in order to discover essential features or meaning; "analyze a sonnet by Shakespeare"; "analyze the evidence in a criminal trial"; "analyze your real motives" [syn: analyze, analyse, study, examine, canvass, canvas]
verb
Observe, check out, and look over carefully or inspect; "The customs agent examined the baggage"; "I must see your passport before you can enter the country" [syn: examine, see]
verb
Question or examine thoroughly and closely [syn: probe, examine]
verb
Question closely
verb
Definition of 'Examine'
From: GCIDE
- Examine \Ex*am"ine\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Examined; p. pr. & vb. n. Examining.] [L. examinare, examinatum, fr. examen, examinis: cf. F. examiner. See Examen.]
- 1. To test by any appropriate method; to inspect carefully with a view to discover the real character or state of; to subject to inquiry or inspection of particulars for the purpose of obtaining a fuller insight into the subject of examination, as a material substance, a fact, a reason, a cause, the truth of a statement; to inquire or search into; to explore; as, to examine a mineral; to examine a ship to know whether she is seaworthy; to examine a proposition, theory, or question. [1913 Webster]
- Examine well your own thoughts. --Chaucer. [1913 Webster]
- Examine their counsels and their cares. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To interrogate as in a judicial proceeding; to try or test by question; as, to examine a witness in order to elicit testimony, a student to test his qualifications, a bankrupt touching the state of his property, etc. [1913 Webster]
- The offenders that are to be examined. --Shak.
- Syn: To discuss; debate; scrutinize; search into; investigate; explore. See Discuss. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'examine'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- air,
- analyze,
- appraise,
- archetype,
- asleep,
- assess,
- autopsy,
- beau ideal,
- bone,
- canvass,
- case,
- case history,
- case in point,
- catechize,
- check,
- check out,
- check over,
- check up,
- check up on,
- cold,
- comment upon,
- con,
- consider,
- contemplate,
- controvert,
- cross-examine,
- dead,
- deal with,
- debate,
- deceased,
- defunct,
- deliberate,
- deliberate upon,
- departed,
- dig,
- discourse about,
- discuss,
- drill,
- elucubrate,
- example,
- exanimate,
- exchange views,
- exemplar,
- explore,
- extinct,
- eye,
- give an examination,
- give the eye,
- give the once-over,
- go into,
- go over,
- grill,
- grind,
- handle,
- hard look,
- ideal,
- illustration,
- inanimate,
- inquire into,
- inspect,
- interrogate,
- interview,
- investigate,
- knock around,
- late,
- leer,
- leer at,
- lifeless,
- look at,
- look into,
- look over,
- lucubrate,
- mirror,
- model,
- monitor,
- observe,
- ogle,
- ogle at,
- overhaul,
- overlook,
- paradigm,
- pass over,
- pass under review,
- pattern,
- peer at,
- peruse,
- plunge into,
- pore,
- pore over,
- postmortem,
- practice,
- probe,
- problem,
- pump,
- query,
- question,
- quiz,
- rap,
- read,
- reason,
- reason about,
- reason the point,
- regard studiously,
- representative,
- research,
- restudy,
- review,
- run over,
- sample,
- sampling,
- scan,
- scrutinize,
- search,
- set an examination,
- shining example,
- sift,
- size,
- size up,
- sound out,
- specimen,
- standard,
- study,
- survey,
- swot,
- take a long,
- take stock of,
- take the measure,
- take up,
- talk,
- talk about,
- talk of,
- talk over,
- test,
- thresh out,
- treat,
- ventilate,
- vet,
- view,
- wade through,
- weigh,
- worm out of
Words containing 'Examine'
- Examinable,
- Examinant,
- Examinate,
- Examination,
- Examinator,
- Examined,
- Examiner,
- Examining,
- Direct examination,
- Examination in chief,
- Examined copies,
- Physical examination,
- bank examination,
- bank examiner,
- bar examination,
- comprehensive examination,
- cross examination,
- cross examine,
- entrance examination,
- examination paper,
- final examination,
- hearing examiner,
- medical examination,
- medical examiner,
- midterm examination,
- oral examination,
- postmortem examination,
- preliminary examination,
- redirect examination,
- Classical tripos examination,
- Cross-examination,
- Cross-examine,
- Cross-examined,
- Cross-examiner,
- Cross-examining,
- Self-examinant,
- Self-examination,
- re-examine,
- self-examining,
- Post-mortem examination,
- Re-direct examination