exam

English

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Pronunciation

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(UK ) IPA ^(key): /ɪɡˈzam/
- Audio (UK ); "an exam": (file)
(Northern England , rare ) IPA ^(key): /ˈɛk.sam/
(US ) IPA ^(key): /ɪɡˈzæm/, /ɛɡˈzæm/
Rhymes: -æm

Noun

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exam (plural exams )

(informal ) Clipping of examination , especially when meaning "test" or in compound terms.
- 2013 July 19, Peter Wilby, "Finland spreads word on schools", in The Guardian Weekly , volume 189, number 6, page 30:
  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. [...]

Derived terms

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Translations

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examination — see examination

Verb

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exam (third-person singular simple present exams , present participle examing or (rare ) examming , simple past and past participle examed or (rare ) exammed )

(sciences ) Shortened form of examine
- 2015 August 14, Hong-yan Ge, Zhong-jing Han, Pei Tian, Wen-jie Sun, Da-xi Xue, Yu Bi, Zhang-hui Yang, Ping Liu, PLoS One‎^[1], volume 10, number 8, →DOI :
  Thin sections were stained with lead citrate and then examed using 1200EX electron microscope (JEOL, Tokyo, Japan).