Exam Definition

ĭg-zăm
exams
noun
exams
An examination; a test.
American Heritage

Examination.

Webster's New World
The definition of an exam is a test administered to assess someone's level of understanding or knowledge, or a medical procedure designed to determine something about the state of your health.
A test you take to gain admittance to a school is an example of an entrance exam.
When your doctor gives you a physical and checks your overall health, this is an example of a medical exam.
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(informal) Shortened form of examination especially when meaning test or in compound terms.

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Other Word Forms of Exam

Noun

Singular:
exam
Plural:
exams

Exam Sentence Examples

  • One minute, Dr. Wynn was headed back towards Deidre's exam room.

  • It is easy to miss geometric isomers in an exam.

  • She sat on the table in the exam room facing a line of backlit x-rays and cat scans on the wall.

  • This was a guy from a small town in Iowa who failed his 1933 entrance exam to the University of Minnesota.

  • Also there is a mock exam at the end of the textbook, which is quite useful.

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