exam

¹

[ig-zam]

noun

Informal.

1. an examination, as in school.

exam.

²

abbreviation

1. examination.

2. examined.

3. examinee.

4. examiner.

exam

/ ɪɡˈzæm /

noun

1. short for examination

Word History and Origins

Origin of exam¹

First recorded in 1875–80; short form

Example Sentences

He also is immersed in philanthropy, having founded the nonprofit Vision to Learn, which provides vision screenings, eye exams and glasses to children in low-income communities.

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With earlier, often emaciated, shackled, beaten hostages, "they had things in their blood exams, in their enzymes, that we couldn't understand".

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The 34-year-old computer scientist runs a website that helps Cameroonians prepare for the language exams required by Canadian immigration services.

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In her Friday letter, MIT’s Kornbluth said the school already does much of what the compact requests, including rewarding merit by mandating college entrance exams and espousing free expression.

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Anderson explained that police officers often asked undermining or accusatory questions during medical exams: Was the woman dressed in a way that might have invited the assault, for example.

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