{
    "term": "examination",
    "partOfSpeech": "noun",
    "ox3000": true,
    "cefr": "b2",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "a formal written, spoken or practical test, especially at school or college, to see how much you know about a subject, or what you can do",
            "sensetop": "examination in somethingexamination for something",
            "labels": "(formal)",
            "cefr": "b2",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "successful candidates in GCSE examinations"
                },
                {
                    "text": "to **sit an examination** in mathematics",
                    "contextForm": "examination in something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "In 1864 he **passed the examination** for the Indian Civil Service.",
                    "contextForm": "examination for something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Applicants are selected for jobs on the results of a competitive examination."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He failed his examination in history."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She has just completed her final examinations at London University."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He was marking school examination papers during the summer vacation."
                },
                {
                    "text": "One of the teacher's principal duties is to prepare students for external examinations."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She will take her examinations later this year."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Students may enter for both examinations."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The examinations are set by individual teachers."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The stiff entrance examination removes 60 per cent of prospective students."
                },
                {
                    "text": "an examination on human anatomy"
                },
                {
                    "text": "the faults in the examination system"
                },
                {
                    "text": "There has been a fall in the number of examination candidates."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Education"],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["certification", "entrance", "final"],
                "verb + examination": ["prepare for", "study for", "do"],
                "examination + noun": ["paper", "question", "results"],
                "preposition": ["examination in", "examination on"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "the act of looking at or considering something very carefully",
            "sensetop": "after (an) examinationon examinationunder examinationexamination by somebody",
            "cefr": "b2",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Careful examination of the ruins revealed an even earlier temple."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The issue needs **further examination**."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The review is the most **detailed examination** of policing since 1992."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The chapter concludes with a brief examination of some of the factors causing family break-up."
                },
                {
                    "text": "After a thorough examination, they announced that the suspicious device was harmless.",
                    "contextForm": "after (an) examination"
                },
                {
                    "text": "**On closer examination** it was found that the signature was not genuine.",
                    "contextForm": "on examination"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Your proposals are still under examination.",
                    "contextForm": "under examination"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The party would open up the issue to examination by a Senate Committee.",
                    "contextForm": "examination by somebody"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Constraints of space do not permit a thorough examination of all of these points."
                },
                {
                    "text": "His ideas about social change do not stand up to close examination."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The school curriculum has undergone critical examination in recent years."
                },
                {
                    "text": "This argument requires examination from several angles."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Opinion and argument"],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["careful", "close", "complete"],
                "verb + examination": ["carry out", "conduct", "do"],
                "examination + verb": [
                    "confirm something",
                    "demonstrate something",
                    "reveal something"
                ],
                "examination + noun": ["couch", "table", "room"],
                "preposition": ["on examination", "under examination", "examination on"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 3,
            "definition": "a close look at something/somebody, especially to see if there is anything wrong or to find the cause of a problem",
            "sensetop": "examination by somebody",
            "cefr": "b2",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "a **medical/physical examination**"
                },
                {
                    "text": "a **post-mortem/forensic examination**"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Regular breast examination is advised."
                },
                {
                    "text": "A specialist should carry out an examination of the patient."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Diagnosis can be made only by direct examination of affected brain tissue."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Further examination by an orthopaedic surgeon will be needed today.",
                    "contextForm": "examination by somebody"
                },
                {
                    "text": "A visual examination corroborated this."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I was advised to have a full eyesight examination."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Patients were asked to lie on the examination table."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She lay on the examination couch and waited for the doctor to return."
                },
                {
                    "text": "They rushed her into the examination room."
                },
                {
                    "text": "We did examinations on the bodies."
                },
                {
                    "text": "We will make a more thorough examination of the area later."
                },
                {
                    "text": "a microscopic examination of the cell structure"
                },
                {
                    "text": "a periodic health examination"
                },
                {
                    "text": "a routine breast examination"
                },
                {
                    "text": "genital checks and other intimate examinations"
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Healthcare"],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["careful", "close", "complete"],
                "verb + examination": ["carry out", "conduct", "do"],
                "examination + verb": [
                    "confirm something",
                    "demonstrate something",
                    "reveal something"
                ],
                "examination + noun": ["couch", "table", "room"],
                "preposition": ["on examination", "under examination", "examination on"]
            }
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ɪɡˌzæmɪˈneɪʃn/",
                "audio": "ex/examination/examination__gb_2.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ɪɡˌzæmɪˈneɪʃn/",
                "audio": "ex/examination/examination__us_4.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "late Middle English (also in the sense ‘testing (one's conscience) by a standard’): via Old French from Latin examinatio(n-), from examinare ‘weigh, test’, from examen ‘examination’."
}