examiner
pronunciation
How to pronounce examiner in British English:
UK [ɪgˈzæmɪnə(r)]
How to pronounce examiner in American English:
US [ɪɡˈzæmɪnər]
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- Noun:
- someone who administers a test to determine your qualifications
- an investigator who observes carefully
Word Origin
- examiner (n.)
- early 14c., examinour, agent noun from examine.
Example
- 1. When the patent examiner looked at it he saw a beach ball and a wheelbarrow .
- 2. Eventually , the ten pieces of prior art that receive most votes in the peer to patent community perusing each patent are sent to the patent examiner .
- 3. In the scene , readers are introduced to an examiner with the last name of hovatter , who is practicing a form of " ascetic frugality " in his personal life , so that he can afford to take off a full year of work .
- 4. Earlier , dr. david graham , veteran drug safety examiner at the fda , said there was no reason for the agency to keep the risky diabetes drug on the market , now that another drug actos , which is in the same class , but much safer , compared to the avandia .
- 5. One examiner at the inventors council doubted the clockwork mechanism that moved the perforated tape could be accurate enough .