Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to examine
Participle: examined
Gerund: examining
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | examine |
| you | examine |
| he;she;it | examines |
| we | examine |
| you | examine |
| they | examine |
Perfect
| I | have examined |
| you | have examined |
| he;she;it | has examined |
| we | have examined |
| you | have examined |
| they | have examined |
Past
| I | examined |
| you | examined |
| he;she;it | examined |
| we | examined |
| you | examined |
| they | examined |
Pluperfect
| I | had examined |
| you | had examined |
| he;she;it | had examined |
| we | had examined |
| you | had examined |
| they | had examined |
Future
| I | will examine |
| you | will examine |
| he;she;it | will examine |
| we | will examine |
| you | will examine |
| they | will examine |
Future Perfect
| I | will have examined |
| you | will have examined |
| he;she;it | will have examined |
| we | will have examined |
| you | will have examined |
| they | will have examined |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | examine |
| you | examine |
| he;she;it | examine |
| we | examine |
| you | examine |
| they | examine |
Perfect
| I | have examined |
| you | have examined |
| he;she;it | have examined |
| we | have examined |
| you | have examined |
| they | have examined |
Imperfect
| I | examined |
| you | examined |
| he;she;it | examined |
| we | examined |
| you | examined |
| they | examined |
Pluperfect
| I | had examined |
| you | had examined |
| he;she;it | had examined |
| we | had examined |
| you | had examined |
| they | had examined |
Conditional
Present
| I | would examine |
| you | would examine |
| he;she;it | would examine |
| we | would examine |
| you | would examine |
| they | would examine |
Perfect
| I | would have examined |
| you | would have examined |
| he;she;it | would have examined |
| we | would have examined |
| you | would have examined |
| they | would have examined |
Imperative
| you | examine |
| we | Let's examine |
| you | examine |
Verbs conjugated like 'examine'
abacinate,
abalienate,
abase,
abate,
abbreviate,
abdicate,
abduce,
aberrate,
aberuncate,
abirritate,
abjudge,
abjudicate,
abjugate,
abjure,
ablactate,
ablaqueate,
able,
ablegate,
abligate,
abnegate, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'examine'
examin,
ermine,
example,
reexamine,
reëxamine,
abomine,
aline,
amind,
calamine,
dampne,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Synonyms
- To observe or inspect carefully
- analyze, inspect, look over, overlook, probe, scrutinize, study
- inspect
- check, explore, canvass, audit, investigate, overlook, probe, sift
- quiz
- study, catechize, question, query, test, cross-examine, review, interrogate
Antonyms
- link=
- be removed, be taken, become pregnant, fail to notice, make clean, dirty, impregnate, remain
- To observe or inspect carefully
- ignore
- to deliberately not pay attention to
- pay attention, recognize, ignore, watch
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. c.1303, from O.Fr.
examiner "to test, to try," from L.
examinare "to test or try," from
examen "a means of weighing or testing," probably ult. from
exigere "weigh accurately" (see exact). First record of
examination in the sense of "test of knowledge" is from 1612; shortened form
exam first attested 1848.
2. From Middle English examinen, examenen, from Old French examiner, from Latin exāmināre. See: Old French '
examiner', Latin '
examino'.
Verbs referencing "examine"
Cebuano eksamin, Ido examenar.
Sample Sentences
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For convenience sake, we have said, hitherto, two _gentlemen_. One of the parties, however, when critically examined, did not seem, strictly speaking, to come under the species. He was a short, thick-set man, with coarse, commonplace features, and that swaggering air of pretension which marks a low man who is [...]
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
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[...] gazing with overflowing eyes upon her unfortunate child, who, all unconscious of her presence, was playing about the room. Presently Laura ran against her, and at once began feeling her hands, examining her dress, and trying to find out if she knew her; but not succeeding in this, she turned away as from a stranger, and the poor woman could not conceal the pang she felt, at finding that her beloved [...]
(American Notes for General Circulation)
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‘Another article from home was now given her, and she began to look much interested; she examined the stranger much closer, and gave me to understand that she knew she came from Hanover; she even endured her caresses, but would leave her with indifference at the slightest signal. The distress [...]
(American Notes for General Circulation)
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[...] certainly had not seen her for many months. My hand she rejected at once, as she does that of any man who is a stranger to her. But she retained my wife 's with evident pleasure, kissed her, and examined her dress with a girl 's curiosity and interest.
(American Notes for General Circulation)
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[...] in his creation: ’ and straightforward advice of that nature. The books and tasks of these smallest of scholars, were adapted, in the same judicious manner, to their childish powers. When we had examined these lessons, four morsels of girls (of whom one was blind ) sang a little song, about the merry month of May, which I thought (being extremely dismal ) would have suited an English November [...]
(American Notes for General Circulation)
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In the civil court an action was trying, for damages sustained in some accident upon a railway. The witnesses had been examined, and counsel was addressing the jury. The learned gentleman (like a few of his English brethren ) was desperately long-winded, and had a remarkable capacity of saying the same thing over and over [...]
(American Notes for General Circulation)
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In the prisoner 's cell, waiting to be examined by the magistrate on a charge of theft, was a boy. This lad, instead of being committed to a common jail, would be sent to the asylum at South Boston, and there taught a trade; and in the course of [...]
(American Notes for General Circulation)
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[...] to what we should term a Company of Proprietors, but what they call in America a Corporation. I went over several of these; such as a woollen factory, a carpet factory, and a cotton factory: examined them in every part; and saw them in their ordinary working aspect, with no preparation of any kind, or departure from their ordinary everyday proceedings. I may add that I am well acquainted with [...]
(American Notes for General Circulation)
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[...] we in England have not formed our ideas of the ‘station ’ of working people, from accustoming ourselves to the contemplation of that class as they are, and not as they might be ? I think that if we examine our own feelings, we shall find that the pianos, and the circulating libraries, and even the Lowell Offering, startle us by their novelty, and not by their bearing upon any abstract question of [...]
(American Notes for General Circulation)
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“ You 're joking, now. ” “ How do you know I am ? Didn't you just warrant him for a preacher ? Has he been examined by any synod or council ? Come, hand over your papers. ”
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)