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{
"term": "examine",
"partOfSpeech": "verb",
"ox3000": true,
"cefr": "b1",
"verbForms": {
"presentSimple": {
"iYouWeThey": "examine",
"heSheIt": "examines"
},
"pastSimple": "examined",
"pastParticiple": "examined",
"ingForm": "examining"
},
"definitions": [
{
"senseNumber": 1,
"definition": "to consider or study an idea, a subject, etc. very carefully",
"sensetop": "examine somethingexamine how, what, etc…",
"cefr": "b1",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "This study sets out to **examine in detail** the possible effects of climate change.",
"contextForm": "examine something"
},
{
"text": "Her new show **critically examines** the relationship between the arts and popular culture."
},
{
"text": "This important issue must be **carefully examined**."
},
{
"text": "Only recently have historians begun to examine the impact and influence of these changes."
},
{
"text": "It is necessary to examine how the proposals can be carried out.",
"contextForm": "examine how, what, etc…"
},
{
"text": "The weather gave researchers an opportunity to examine what happens to insect numbers when temperatures rise."
},
{
"text": "These ideas will be examined in more detail in Chapter 10."
},
{
"text": "Critically examine your work as if you were looking at someone else's efforts."
},
{
"text": "He didn't even bother to examine the note."
},
{
"text": "She fails to examine the implications of such a development."
},
{
"text": "It is instructive to examine the data we have so far."
},
{
"text": "Let us examine the implications of this theory."
},
{
"text": "This claim needs to be examined separately."
},
{
"text": "We continue to examine new ways of doing business."
}
],
"topics": ["Opinion and argument"],
"collocations": {
"adverb": ["carefully", "closely", "in detail"],
"verb + examine": ["aim to", "attempt to", "be designed to"],
"preposition": ["for"],
"phrases": ["let us examine…"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 2,
"definition": "to look at somebody/something closely, to see if there is anything wrong or to find the cause of a problem",
"sensetop": "examine somebody/somethingexamine yourselfexamine something/somebody for something",
"cefr": "b1",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "The doctor examined her carefully but could find nothing wrong.",
"contextForm": "examine somebody/something"
},
{
"text": "to be examined by a doctor/psychiatrist/specialist/vet"
},
{
"text": "She examined herself closely in the mirror.",
"contextForm": "examine yourself"
},
{
"text": "The samples were examined under the microscope for the presence of damaged cells.",
"contextForm": "examine something/somebody for something"
},
{
"text": "The goods were examined for damage on arrival."
},
{
"text": "Investigators examined the room minutely for clues."
}
],
"topics": ["Healthcare"],
"collocations": {
"adverb": ["carefully", "closely", "in detail"],
"verb + examine": ["aim to", "attempt to", "be designed to"],
"preposition": ["for"],
"phrases": ["let us examine…"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 3,
"definition": "to give somebody a test to see how much they know about a subject or what they can do",
"sensetop": "be examined in somethingbe examined on somethingbe examined",
"labels": "(formal)",
"examples": [
{
"text": "The students will be examined in all subjects at the end of term.",
"contextForm": "be examined in something"
},
{
"text": "You are only being examined on this semester's work.",
"contextForm": "be examined on something"
},
{
"text": "The course is externally examined *(= arranged and marked by somebody from outside a school, a university or an organization)*.",
"contextForm": "be examined"
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": 4,
"definition": "to ask somebody questions formally, especially in court",
"sensetop": "examine somebody",
"labels": "(law)",
"examples": [
{
"text": "The prosecution examined 20 witnesses."
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": null,
"definition": "to be crazy",
"labels": "(informal)",
"examples": []
}
],
"pronunciations": {
"uk": [
{
"pronunciation": "/ɪɡˈzæmɪn/",
"audio": "ex/examine/examine__gb_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/ɪɡˈzæmɪnz/",
"audio": "ex/examine/examines__gb_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/ɪɡˈzæmɪnd/",
"audio": "ex/examine/examined__gb_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/ɪɡˈzæmɪnɪŋ/",
"audio": "ex/examine/examining__gb_1.mp3"
}
],
"us": [
{
"pronunciation": "/ɪɡˈzæmɪn/",
"audio": "ex/examine/examine__us_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/ɪɡˈzæmɪnz/",
"audio": "ex/examine/examines__us_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/ɪɡˈzæmɪnd/",
"audio": "ex/examine/examined__us_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/ɪɡˈzæmɪnɪŋ/",
"audio": "ex/examine/examining__us_1.mp3"
}
]
},
"wordOrigin": "Middle English: from Old French examiner, from Latin examinare ‘weigh, test’, from examen ‘examination’."
}