exam

Etymology

noun

  1. (informal) Clipping 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. […] 2013-07-19, Peter Wilby, “Finland spreads word on schools”, in The Guardian Weekly, volume 189, number 6, page 30

verb

  1. (sciences) Shortened form of examine
    Thin sections were stained with lead citrate and then examed using 1200EX electron microscope (JEOL, Tokyo, Japan). doi=10.1371/journal.pone.0135795

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