"entrance examination" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: entrance examinations [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} entrance examination (plural entrance examinations)
  1. An examination used by an educational institution to select which students it will grant admission to. Categories (topical): Education Translations (examination used by an educational institution to select which students it will grant admission to): уступны экзамен (ustupny ekzamjen) [masculine] (Belarusian), 入學試 (Chinese Cantonese), 入学试 (jap⁶ hok⁶ si³, jap⁶ hok⁶ si⁵) (Chinese Cantonese), 入學考試 (Chinese Mandarin), 入学考试 (rùxué kǎoshì) (Chinese Mandarin), přijímačky [colloquial, feminine, plural] (Czech), toelatingsexamen [neuter] (Dutch), ingangsexamen [neuter] (Dutch), toegangsexamen [neuter] (Dutch), toelatingsproef [feminine] (Dutch), pääsykoe (Finnish), valintakoe (Finnish), concours d’entrée [masculine] (French), examen d’entrée [masculine] (French), examen d’admission [masculine] (French), Aufnahmeprüfung [feminine] (German), Zugangsprüfung [feminine] (German), felvételi vizsga (Hungarian), felvételi (Hungarian), 入学試験 (nyūgakushiken) (Japanese), egzamin wstępny [masculine] (Polish), exame de admissão [masculine] (Portuguese), vestibular [Brazil, masculine] (Portuguese), examen de admitere [neuter] (Romanian), вступи́тельный экза́мен (vstupítelʹnyj ekzámen) [masculine] (Russian), prijmeni ispit [masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), examen de selectividad [masculine] (Spanish), inträdesprov [neuter] (Swedish), inträdesförhör [neuter] (Swedish), вступний екзамен (vstupnyj ekzamen) [masculine] (Ukrainian)

Inflected forms

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