examination
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Examination is a close, careful inspection or investigation: a medical examination, examination of the evidence.
In academic settings, an examination (often shortened to exam) is a formal test of knowledge or ability.
In law, examination refers to the formal questioning of a witness: direct examination, cross-examination.
The word suggests methodical scrutiny rather than casual looking.
Formal assessment of condition
- analysisMethodical study of parts
- reviewCritical written assessment
- vettingEvaluating suitability through investigation
- oversightSupervision or inadvertent omission
observation · perusal · dissection · check · appraisal · evaluation · assessment · critique
Evaluative examination
- quizBrief informal test
- midtermExam at semester's middle
- finalsConcluding tests or matches
- SATCollege admissions exam
ACT · GRE · MCAT · LSAT · standardized · multiple-choice · true-false · essay
Request for information
- probeThorough examination or tool
- forensicsScientific crime-scene analysis
- evidenceFacts supporting truth
- cluesHints toward answers
interrogation · detective · fact-finding · discovery · witness · testimony · deposition · hearing
Identification of illness
- symptomsIndicators of disease
- prognosisPredicted disease course
- checkupRoutine health evaluation
- physicalOf body or matter
screening · palpation · auscultation · clinical · patient · doctor · stethoscope · vitals
Observing one's own mind
- conscienceInternal moral sense
- soul-searchingProbing one's innermost feelings
- self-assessmentEvaluating your own performance
- contemplationSustained reflective attention
meditation · self-criticism · self-awareness · insight · honesty · motives · assumptions · beliefs
inspection
Formal assessment of condition
- analysisMethodical study of parts
- reviewCritical written assessment
- vettingEvaluating suitability through investigation
oversight · observation · perusal · dissection · check · appraisal · evaluation · assessment · critique · consideration
test
Evaluative examination
SAT · ACT · GRE · MCAT · LSAT · standardized · multiple-choice · true-false · essay · proctor
inquiry
Request for information
- probeThorough examination or tool
- forensicsScientific crime-scene analysis
- evidenceFacts supporting truth
clues · interrogation · detective · fact-finding · discovery · witness · testimony · deposition · hearing · inquest
diagnosis
Identification of illness
physical · screening · palpation · auscultation · clinical · patient · doctor · stethoscope · vitals · bloodwork
introspection
Observing one's own mind
- conscienceInternal moral sense
- soul-searchingProbing one's innermost feelings
- self-assessmentEvaluating your own performance
contemplation · meditation · self-criticism · self-awareness · insight · honesty · motives · assumptions · beliefs · values
- medical caresurgery, injection, prescription, medication, therapy
- inquiryinquiry, investigation, questioning, exploration, study
- inspectionshealth inspection, building inspection, home inspection, safety inspection, fire inspection
- observation skillsattention to detail, attention, detail, patterns, focus
- seekingsearch, seeking, hunt, quest, pursuit
- critical assessmentsinspection, review, audit, checkup, scrutiny
examinationglance
Brief, casual look
peek · glimpse · cursory look · negligence · disregard
examinationignorance
Absence of knowledge
willful blindness · assumption · credulity · avoidance · evasion
- medical examinationClinical health evaluation
- mock examinationsPreparatory assessments before real ones
- cross examinationQuestioning opposing party's witness
- examination roomMedical assessment chamber
- final examinationConcluding academic assessment
- physical examinationMedical evaluation of body
examinations, self-examination, cross-examination, re-examination