exam
- noun
- /ɪɡˈzæm/
- Best of luck to you all on your final exam.
- take an exam
- pass an exam
- final exam
You really can't throw this at them on the exam, right?
- You really can't throw this at them on the exam, right?
- So Speaking of the exam, here are the results.
- It feels like I'm doing giant board exams again and again and again.
- But so I didn't take the exam and so I was never tested.
- Undergraduate students who did affirmations before their exam perform better, right?
- The trick is to take practice exams under non ideal conditions.
- I guess I'll just do well in exams and stuff and then see what happens.
- A child doesn't want to study for exams because it's hard, it's painful.
- They will blink and see all the answers to my exam right there in their contact lens.
- And she invited me to the PhD exam a couple of months ago.
- You know, when it comes to tests, being prepared for exams, great.
Examples
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Many students feel nervous before their final exam.
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Once again, good luck with your exams and see you next time.
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You guys have an exam a week from today.
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No doubt it will be covered on the exam next Monday, OK.
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But she asked to take the exam a few days late, and I agreed.
Fiction book (1993) -
I remember I studied hard for his final exam and I got an A on it.
Fiction book (1992) -
Class, these are some of the questions that you're likely to be asked in the exam this week.
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Regretfully, I said no; I had a final exam that afternoon and needed to study before I took it.
Academic text (2011) -
You submitted to the exam willingly, correct?
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You passed the exam!
Synonyms
An exam with questions to check knowledge or skill
A formal test that checks knowledge, usually with written questions
Compounds
- Specialized
An exam graduate students take to show they can continue their studies
How Formal
Surface Forms
Etymology
Exam is short for examination and comes from the Latin word examen, which meant 'weighing' or 'test', like putting things on a scale to see their weight. So an exam is a way to 'weigh' or check how much a person knows.