Associations to the word «Examine»

Wiktionary

EXAMINE, verb. To observe or inspect carefully or critically.
EXAMINE, verb. To check the health or condition of something or someone.
EXAMINE, verb. To determine the aptitude, skills or qualifications of someone by subjecting them to an examination.
EXAMINE, verb. To interrogate.

Dictionary definition

EXAMINE, verb. Consider in detail and subject to an analysis in order to discover essential features or meaning; "analyze a sonnet by Shakespeare"; "analyze the evidence in a criminal trial"; "analyze your real motives".
EXAMINE, verb. Observe, check out, and look over carefully or inspect; "The customs agent examined the baggage"; "I must see your passport before you can enter the country".
EXAMINE, verb. Question or examine thoroughly and closely.
EXAMINE, verb. Question closely.
EXAMINE, verb. Put to the test, as for its quality, or give experimental use to; "This approach has been tried with good results"; "Test this recipe".

Wise words

Language is a process of free creation; its laws and principles are fixed, but the manner in which the principles of generation are used is free and infinitely varied. Even the interpretation and use of words involves a process of free creation.
Noam Chomsky