exam paper
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- noun
- /ɪɡˈzæm ˈpeɪpər/
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examen
- They are so potentially dishonest, on the one hand, that no one thinks twice about requiring photographic identification of them in examination rooms, photocopying completed exam papers to thwart claims of lost credit, or engaging proctors to scrutinize their movements.
It was a wonderful question on an exam paper for when I was studying philosophy and theology.
- It was a wonderful question on an exam paper for when I was studying philosophy and theology.
Examples
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Exam time has come around, and soon I will be up to my eyeballs in exam papers.
Blog text (33) -
Now I am in the midst of marking the stack of exam papers.
Blog text (32) -
Her exam paper is on the table between us.
Fiction book (2001) -
So, that was her exam paper you were correcting...
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The teacher evaluates the students just based on their exam papers.
Academic text (2012) -
It was a wonderful question on an exam paper for when I was studying philosophy and theology.
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With a slight change in syllabus, our university has come up with a drastic change in exam paper setting.
Blog text (12) -
She wrote him some letters which he'd hidden amongst a stack of old exam papers in the attic at Richmond.
Fiction book (1996) -
Michael stacked exam papers on its seat and cranked up the computer, which shared the desk with greasy tools and unwashed coffee cups.
Fiction book (1993) -
She carefully reviewed her exam paper before submitting it to the teacher.
Synonyms
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A written set of questions to check what someone knows or can do
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A set of written questions in a formal test to check knowledge
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A paper that has the questions for a test or exam
How Formal
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'a document containing the examination questions' is directly and compositionally derived from 'exam' (a formal assessment) + 'paper' (a written document). This noun-noun composition is a common, transparent pattern in English (and similar constructions exist in many languages), so a B1 learner who knows both constituents can readily infer the MWE meaning.
Etymology
Exam paper comes from the simple picture of a sheet of paper with all the exam questions printed on it. So the words came to mean the set of written questions or the actual sheet you write on, in other words 'a written test'.