Meaning

1 senses

  1. (obsolete)Examination; inquiry

More definitions
  • a critical study (as of a writer's work)
  • a detailed inspection of your conscience (as done daily by Jesuits)

Origin

From Latin exāmen (“the tongue of a balance, examination”), for exagmen, from exigere (“to

From Latin exāmen (“the tongue of a balance, examination”), for exagmen, from exigere (“to weigh accurately, to treat”): compare French examen. See exact.

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Forms

plural: examens
Singularexamen
Pluralexamens

regular

Synonyms

1 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • a detailed inspection of your conscience (as done daily by Jesuits):examination

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
exaggerateB2exaggerationB2exaltB2examA2examinationB1examineB1examinerB1
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