oral examination
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- noun
- /ˈɔrəl ɪɡˌzæməˈneɪʃən/
:
examen oral
- My oral examination committee consisted of Mather, sociologist Roy Buck, and Maurice Mook, an anthropologist.
- oral examination revealed
Examples
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I guess the Rhodes committee at my school needed practice, and I found myself undergoing a rigorous oral examination.
Blog text (13) -
You'll all be expected to pass... both the written and an oral examination.
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The oral examination is best performed with a headlight.
Academic text (1999) -
I suggest a comprehensive oral examination conducted by all of Mr. Melon's professors.
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The student will reply in grammatically correct French to 95% of the French questions that are spoken to her during an oral examination.
Academic text (1993) -
Three years of experience qualifies an individual to seek ABNM certification, which requires passing both a written and oral examination.
Academic text (2006) -
The list of canonic texts from which doctoral students in English at my university select fifty for their oral examinations has expanded to five hundred.
Academic text (1999) -
The oral examination revealed firm swelling in the area of a missing molar and the dextrolateral pharynx.
Academic text (2003) -
On the basis of an oral examination, he received a license to practice law—but no doctorate.
Academic text (1990) -
To graduate, you must successfully complete an oral examination where you will answer questions about your field of study.
Synonyms
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A formal test of what someone knows or can do
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A formal test that checks knowledge, usually with written questions
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A spoken exam where you must answer aloud
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A test where students answer questions by speaking
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An oral exam at the end of a PhD to test your research
An exam taken by speaking at school or university
How Formal
- UK
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Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning is directly and compositionally derived from 'oral' (spoken) + 'examination' (a test), so a learner who knows both words can infer it denotes a spoken test. This compound is common in academic contexts and has clear cross-linguistic equivalents, making it immediately comprehensible to B1 learners.
Etymology
Oral examination comes from oral meaning 'by mouth' and examination meaning a test, so it pictures a student speaking answers to the examiner. That's why it means 'a test with spoken questions and answers'.