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Definition of Examination
Examination

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

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.

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Examination Quotations

A judge is a law student who marks his own examination papers.
H. L. Mencken

The taxpayer - that's someone who works for the federal government but doesn't have to take the civil service examination.
Ronald Reagan

I was never very good at exams, having a poor memory and finding the examination process rather artificial, and there never seemed to be enough time to follow up things that really interested me.
Paul Nurse

Justice is what is established; and thus all our established laws will necessarily be regarded as just without examination, since they are established.
Blaise Pascal

There is no need to education. It is not that you read a book, pass an examination, and finish with education. The whole of life, from the moment you are born to the moment you die, is a process of learning.
Jiddu Krishnamurti

Examination Translations

examination in Afrikaans is eksamen, ondersoek, navorsing
examination in Dutch is onderzoek, keuring, examen
examination in Hungarian is vizsga
examination in Italian is esame, esami
examination in Spanish is examen


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