EXAMINATIONS

Noun

examinations

plural of examination

Source: Wiktionary

EXAMINATION

Ex*am`i*na"tion, n. Etym: [L. examinatio: cf. F. examination.]

1. The act of examining, or state of being examined; a careful search, investigation, or inquiry; scrutiny by study or experiment.

2. A process prescribed or assigned for testing qualification; as, the examination of a student, or of a candidate for admission to the bar or the ministry. He neglected the studies, . . . stood low at the examinations. Macaulay. Examination in chief, or Direct examination (Law), that examination which is made of a witness by a party calling him.

– Cross-examination, that made by the opposite party.

– Reëxamination, or Re-direct examination, that made by a party calling a witness, after, and upon matters arising out of, the cross- examination.

Syn.

– Search; inquiry; investigation; research; scrutiny; inquisition; inspection; exploration.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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