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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1. James Comer:

   It is of critical importance that we conduct oversight over John Kerry’s position as the Special Presidential Envoy for Climate and examine how the role impacts the interests of the United States, despite not being confirmed by the U.S. Senate, Secretary Kerry appears to be actively negotiating with the Chinese Communist Party and is partnering with radical, left-wing environmental groups to push Green New Deal policies at the expense of the American people.

2. French Interior Minister Bernard Cazeneuve:

   We invite the Commission ... to examine a targeted amendment to the Schengen frontier code allowing controls where necessary and when necessary.

3. Nancy Pelosi:

   The committee will be empowered to examine all aspects of the federal response to coronavirus, and to assure that the taxpayers dollars are being wisely and efficiently spent to save lives, deliver relief and benefit our economy.

4. Scott Stringer:

   We are all familiar with the events that led to the death of Eric Garner and the extraordinary impact his passing has had on our City and our nation, it forced us to examine the state of race relations, and the relationship between our police force and the people they serve.

5. Mica Endsley:

   You might want to set the task for five or six UAVs to go and cover a particular area where they work in conjunction with each other. Maybe one has one type of sensor and the other has another type of sensor — so they could cue each other, if one picked up an object of interest, it could cue another one to go examine it with maybe a different kind of sensor that might a higher resolution. They would be working together to accomplish a particular mission.