exam

nounverbcommon in dialogue

//ɪɡˈzæm//
//ɛɡˈzæm//
//ɛkˈsam//
/[ɪɡˈzæm]/

Shortened form of examine

noun

1
Variant of examinationinformalClipping of examination, especially when meaning “test” or in compound terms.
Imagine a country where children do nothing but play until they start compulsory schooling at age seven. Then, without exception, they attend comprehensives until the age of 16.[…]There are no inspectors, no exams until the age of 18, no school league tables, no private tuition industry, no school uniforms. […]

verb

1
Shortened form of examine
Thin sections were stained with lead citrate and then examed using 1200EX electron microscope (JEOL, Tokyo, Japan).

Forms

plural: exams
past tense: examed, exammed
past participle: examed, exammed
present participle: examing, examming
third person singular: exams

exaggerated · That has been described as greater than it actually is;…exaggerating · Given to exaggeration or serving to exaggerate; overblown.exaggeration · The act of heaping or piling up.

exam · Shortened form of examine

examination · The act of examining.examine · To observe carefully or critically to learn about someone or…examiner · A person who investigates someone or something.

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