{
    "term": "examine",
    "partOfSpeech": "verb",
    "ox3000": true,
    "cefr": "b1",
    "verbForms": {
        "presentSimple": {
            "iYouWeThey": "examine",
            "heSheIt": "examines"
        },
        "pastSimple": "examined",
        "pastParticiple": "examined",
        "ingForm": "examining"
    },
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "to consider or study an idea, a subject, etc. very carefully",
            "sensetop": "examine somethingexamine how, what, etc…",
            "cefr": "b1",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "This study sets out to **examine in detail** the possible effects of climate change.",
                    "contextForm": "examine something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Her new show **critically examines** the relationship between the arts and popular culture."
                },
                {
                    "text": "This important issue must be **carefully examined**."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Only recently have historians begun to examine the impact and influence of these changes."
                },
                {
                    "text": "It is necessary to examine how the proposals can be carried out.",
                    "contextForm": "examine how, what, etc…"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The weather gave researchers an opportunity to examine what happens to insect numbers when temperatures rise."
                },
                {
                    "text": "These ideas will be examined in more detail in Chapter 10."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Critically examine your work as if you were looking at someone else's efforts."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He didn't even bother to examine the note."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She fails to examine the implications of such a development."
                },
                {
                    "text": "It is instructive to examine the data we have so far."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Let us examine the implications of this theory."
                },
                {
                    "text": "This claim needs to be examined separately."
                },
                {
                    "text": "We continue to examine new ways of doing business."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Opinion and argument"],
            "collocations": {
                "adverb": ["carefully", "closely", "in detail"],
                "verb + examine": ["aim to", "attempt to", "be designed to"],
                "preposition": ["for"],
                "phrases": ["let us examine…"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "to look at somebody/something closely, to see if there is anything wrong or to find the cause of a problem",
            "sensetop": "examine somebody/somethingexamine yourselfexamine something/somebody for something",
            "cefr": "b1",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "The doctor examined her carefully but could find nothing wrong.",
                    "contextForm": "examine somebody/something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "to be examined by a doctor/psychiatrist/specialist/vet"
                },
                {
                    "text": "She examined herself closely in the mirror.",
                    "contextForm": "examine yourself"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The samples were examined under the microscope for the presence of damaged cells.",
                    "contextForm": "examine something/somebody for something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The goods were examined for damage on arrival."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Investigators examined the room minutely for clues."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Healthcare"],
            "collocations": {
                "adverb": ["carefully", "closely", "in detail"],
                "verb + examine": ["aim to", "attempt to", "be designed to"],
                "preposition": ["for"],
                "phrases": ["let us examine…"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 3,
            "definition": "to give somebody a test to see how much they know about a subject or what they can do",
            "sensetop": "be examined in somethingbe examined on somethingbe examined",
            "labels": "(formal)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "The students will be examined in all subjects at the end of term.",
                    "contextForm": "be examined in something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "You are only being examined on this semester's work.",
                    "contextForm": "be examined on something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The course is externally examined *(= arranged and marked by somebody from outside a school, a university or an organization)*.",
                    "contextForm": "be examined"
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 4,
            "definition": "to ask somebody questions formally, especially in court",
            "sensetop": "examine somebody",
            "labels": "(law)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "The prosecution examined 20 witnesses."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "to be crazy",
            "labels": "(informal)",
            "examples": []
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ɪɡˈzæmɪn/",
                "audio": "ex/examine/examine__gb_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ɪɡˈzæmɪnz/",
                "audio": "ex/examine/examines__gb_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ɪɡˈzæmɪnd/",
                "audio": "ex/examine/examined__gb_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ɪɡˈzæmɪnɪŋ/",
                "audio": "ex/examine/examining__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ɪɡˈzæmɪn/",
                "audio": "ex/examine/examine__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ɪɡˈzæmɪnz/",
                "audio": "ex/examine/examines__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ɪɡˈzæmɪnd/",
                "audio": "ex/examine/examined__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ɪɡˈzæmɪnɪŋ/",
                "audio": "ex/examine/examining__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "Middle English: from Old French examiner, from Latin examinare ‘weigh, test’, from examen ‘examination’."
}