Synonyms for examine
ɪgˈzæm ɪnex·am·ine

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1. examine

   Synonyms:
   weigh, ponder, investigate, perpend, test, scrutinize, criticize, prove, study, discuss, inquire, search, overhaul, explore, inspect

   Antonyms:
   discard, conjecture, gnew, slur, misconsider, misinvestigate

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1. analyze, analyse, study, examine, canvass, canvasverb

   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"

   Synonyms:
   contemplate, try out, psychoanalyse, consider, essay, meditate, psychoanalyze, break down, hit the books, test, learn, dissect, canvass, analyse, read, take apart, study, poll, take, try, canvas, analyze, probe, prove, see

2. examine, seeverb

   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"

   Synonyms:
   date, take in, figure, go out, analyze, look, find out, reckon, try, interpret, essay, find, view, go steady, try out, get word, meet, study, probe, construe, determine, see, realize, see to it, fancy, picture, visualize, analyse, realise, control, encounter, escort, learn, envision, watch, run into, regard, run across, test, come across, prove, go through, image, take care, assure, witness, get wind, ensure, attend, pick up, understand, experience, canvas, catch, visualise, consider, ascertain, hear, canvass, project, visit, discover, insure, get a line, check

3. probe, examineverb

   question or examine thoroughly and closely

   Synonyms:
   see, probe, poke into, study, try, canvass, essay, test, analyze, prove, analyse, canvas, dig into, try out

4. examineverb

   question closely

   Synonyms:
   see, analyze, study, try, canvass, essay, test, probe, prove, analyse, canvas, try out

5. test, prove, try, try out, examine, essayverb

   put to the test, as for its quality, or give experimental use to

   "This approach has been tried with good results"; "Test this recipe"

   Synonyms:
   audition, rise, analyze, leaven, try, sample, show, testify, establish, test, evidence, try out, study, see, seek, try on, probe, quiz, attempt, essay, raise, adjudicate, render, prove, shew, judge, screen, taste, turn out, demonstrate, turn up, experiment, strain, analyse, stress, hear, canvass, assay, canvas, bear witness

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1. • Investigate
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1. test-taker

   Submitted by rinat on October 3, 2019  

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1. examineverb

   Synonyms:
   inspect, observe

2. examineverb

   Synonyms:
   scrutinize, investigate, study, consider, canvass, inquire into, search into, look into, inquire about

3. examineverb

   Synonyms:
   interrogate (in order to elicit truth or to test qualifications), catechise, put questions to

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1. examineverb

   Synonyms:
   inspect, scrutinize, question, audit, heckle, reconnoitre, review, search, probe, investigate, catechise

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1. List of paraphrases for "examine":

   consider, review, discuss, explore, investigate, study, examining, reviewing, consideration, analyse, browse, considering, examination, scrutinise, examines, studying, look, address, analyze, reviews, assess, check, research, examined, verify, scrutinize

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How to use examine in a sentence?

1. Woodrow Wilson:

   If a dog will not come to you after he has looked you in face, you should go home and examine your consicence.

2. Hiroaki Mutou:

   The central bank will likely save easing measures for later and it will examine how the Fed policy movement will be and how it will likely impact the yen.

3. German Chancellor Angela Merkel:

   We need to examine all legal questions surrounding the South Stream project and then use these to move discussions forward with Russia.

4. C. C. Colton:

   Two things, well considered, would prevent many quarrels; first to have it well ascertained whether we are not disputing about terms rather than things; and secondly, to examine whether that on which we differ in worth contending about.

5. Karen Bass:

   I will examine whether I will support it today.