examination paper
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2.5
- noun
- /ɪɡˌzæməˈneɪʃən ˈpeɪpər/
:
hoja de examen
- The changes in emphasis can be seen in the reading lists printed in the university calendar and in the examination papers over this twenty-five-year period.
Examples
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Xiaomou said the usual examination papers are taken up by teachers at school.
Blog text (15) -
In the 1960 B.Phil. examination paper in Logic and Scientific Method, for example, five questions of a highly technical nature bearing on formal logic and the philosophy of mathematics appeared for the first time, and this sort of question occurred with increasing frequency thereafter.
Academic text (2001) -
Candidates always have some choice; they must choose four or so questions on each examination paper from a list of about a dozen.
Academic text (2001) -
He'd let me write my examination paper over if I could come back more often to see him in his office.
Academic text (1993) -
This, as we have seen, had an effect on the way philosophy was taught in the university, as reflected in the growing prominence of "linguistic philosophy" questions on the examination papers.
Academic text (2001) -
Among the B.Phil. examination papers in the early years, the ordinary language philosophy approach was also much in evidence among the questions, from the first examination in 1948 through the early 1960s.
Academic text (2001) -
The teacher handed out the examination paper at the start of the test.
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After hours of studying, she finally felt prepared for the examination paper on biology.
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Students were anxious as they waited for the examination paper to be distributed.
Synonyms
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1.0
An exam with questions to check knowledge or skill
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1.8
A written set of questions to check what someone knows or can do
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A paper with written questions that students answer in a test
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A paper that has the questions for a test or exam
How Formal
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3.3
25
2.7
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2.5
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128
1.3
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2.0
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'a set of written questions used in a formal test' is directly and transparently derived from combining 'examination' (a formal test) with 'paper' (a written document). This noun+noun composition follows common, cross-linguistic compounding patterns and is predictable even for a B1 learner who knows both constituent meanings, despite the minor polysemy of 'paper'.
Etymology
Examination paper comes from the simple image of a paper covered with questions for an examination. Because students write answers on that sheet, the term now means 'a set of written questions' used to test knowledge.