Definition of Examination

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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

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

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

There is no end 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

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

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

On rare occasions one does hear of a miraculous case of a married couple falling in love after marriage, but on close examination it will be found that it is a mere adjustment to the inevitable.
Emma Goldman

Because publishing is becoming more business-oriented each day with more examination of the bottom line, it's harder to break out than ever.
Nicholas Sparks

If someone were to put a proposition before men bidding them choose, after examination, the best customs in the world, each nation would certainly select its own.
Herodotus

I had nearly finished school because I was making effort not that bad on that. But there was a law in Germany after the war. You could not make your final examination before 18, so lots of people who were late because of the way had to do it first.
Karl Lagerfeld

Down through the centuries, this trick has been tried by various establishments throughout the world. They force people to get involved in the kind of examination that has only one aim and that is to stamp out dissent.
Pete Seeger

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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