Dictionary entry details
• EXAMINE (verb)
Meaning:
Consider in detail and subject to an analysis in order to discover essential features or meaning
Classified under:
Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting
Synonyms:
analyse; analyze; examine; study; canvass; canvas
Context examples:
analyze a sonnet by Shakespeare / analyze the evidence in a criminal trial / analyze your real motives
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "examine"):
anatomize (analyze down to the smallest detail)
consider; look at; view (look at carefully; study mentally)
sieve; sift (check and sort carefully)
investigate; look into (investigate scientifically)
follow; trace (follow, discover, or ascertain the course of development of something)
screen (examine methodically)
audit; inspect; scrutinise; scrutinize (examine carefully for accuracy with the intent of verification)
reexamine; review (look at again; examine again)
assay (analyze (chemical substances))
diagnose; name (determine or distinguish the nature of a problem or an illness through a diagnostic analysis)
diagnose (subject to a medical analysis)
appraise; survey (consider in a comprehensive way)
survey (make a survey of; for statistical purposes)
compare (examine and note the similarities or differences of)
check; check into; check out; check over; check up on; go over; look into; suss out (examine so as to determine accuracy, quality, or condition)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Sentence example:
Sam and Sue examine the movie
Meaning:
Observe, check out, and look over carefully or inspect
Classified under:
Verbs of seeing, hearing, feeling
Synonyms:
examine; see
Context examples:
The customs agent examined the baggage / I must see your passport before you can enter the country
"Examine" entails doing...:
look (perceive with attention; direct one's gaze towards)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "examine"):
check (make an examination or investigation)
inspect (look over carefully)
look; search (search or seek)
scrutinise; scrutinize; size up; take stock (to look at critically or searchingly, or in minute detail)
peruse (examine or consider with attention and in detail)
scan (examine minutely or intensely)
glance over; rake; run down; scan; skim (examine hastily)
survey (look over in a comprehensively, inspect)
auscultate (examine by auscultation)
autopsy (perform an autopsy on a dead body; do a post-mortem)
candle (examine eggs for freshness by holding them against a light)
x-ray (examine by taking x-rays)
search (subject to a search)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Sentence example:
The customs agents examine the bags for drugs
Meaning:
Question or examine thoroughly and closely
Classified under:
Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing
Synonyms:
probe; examine
Hypernyms (to "examine" is one way to...):
investigate; look into (investigate scientifically)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "examine"):
hear; try (examine or hear (evidence or a case) by judicial process)
re-examine (question after cross-examination by opposing counsel)
enquire; inquire; investigate (conduct an inquiry or investigation of)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s PP
Meaning:
Question closely
Classified under:
Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing
Hypernyms (to "examine" is one way to...):
query; question (pose a question)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "examine"):
quiz; test (examine someone's knowledge of something)
cross examine; cross question (question closely, or question a witness that has already been questioned by the opposing side)
catechise; catechize (examine through questioning and answering)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s somebody
Somebody ----s somebody PP
Meaning:
Put to the test, as for its quality, or give experimental use to
Classified under:
Verbs of political and social activities and events
Synonyms:
test; try out; essay; try; examine; prove
Context examples:
This approach has been tried with good results / Test this recipe
Hypernyms (to "examine" is one way to...):
evaluate; judge; pass judgment (form a critical opinion of)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "examine"):
control; verify (verify or regulate by conducting a parallel experiment or comparing with another standard, of scientific experiments)
float (circulate or discuss tentatively; test the waters with)
field-test (test something under the conditions under which it will actually be used)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
