examine
pronunciation
How to pronounce examine in British English:
UK [ɪɡˈzæmɪn]
How to pronounce examine in American English:
US [ɪɡˈzæmɪn]
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- Verb:
- consider in detail and subject to an analysis in order to discover essential features or meaning
- observe, check out, and look over carefully or inspect
- question or examine thoroughly and closely
- question closely
- put to the test, as for its quality, or give experimental use to
Word Origin
- examine
- examine: [14] Like essay and exact, examine comes ultimately from Latin exigere, a compound verb formed from the prefix ex- ‘out’ and agere ‘lead, drive’ (source of English act and agent). This originally meant literally ‘drive out’, but a metaphorical sense ‘weigh accurately’ developed which was carried over into a derived noun exāmen ‘weighing’. This in turn formed the basis of another derivative, the verb exāmināre ‘weigh’, hence ‘weigh up, ponder, consider, test, examine’. The abbreviation exam for examination dates from the late 19th century.=> act, agent, essay, exact
- examine (v.)
- c. 1300, from Old French examiner "interrogate, question, torture," from Latin examinare "to test or try; consider, ponder," literally "to weigh," from examen "a means of weighing or testing," probably ultimately from exigere "weigh accurately" (see exact (adj.)). Related: Examined; examining.
Example
- 1. Norwegians examine how much tax the oil industry pays .
- 2. But we should examine each policy based on a country 's circumstances .
- 3. But first we must examine the paradox of love .
- 4. And a senate banking panel will examine issues in the facebook ipo process .
- 5. Since then , a handful of other bureaucracies have let him examine budget information .