"exam" meaning in English

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          "extra": "especially when meaning test or in compound terms",
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        }
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      "derived": [
        {
          "word": "bar exam"
        },
        {
          "word": "blue book exam"
        },
        {
          "word": "challenge exam"
        },
        {
          "word": "clinical exam"
        },
        {
          "word": "cross-exam"
        },
        {
          "word": "direct exam"
        },
        {
          "word": "entrance exam"
        },
        {
          "word": "exam paper"
        },
        {
          "word": "final exam"
        },
        {
          "word": "mock exam"
        },
        {
          "word": "oral exam"
        },
        {
          "word": "physical exam"
        },
        {
          "word": "self-exam"
        },
        {
          "word": "transfer exam"
        }
      ],
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        {
          "ref": "2013 July 19, Peter Wilby, “Finland spreads word on schools”, in The Guardian Weekly, volume 189, number 6, page 30",
          "text": "Imagine a country where children do nothing but play until they start compulsory schooling at age seven. Then, without exception, they attend comprehensives until the age of 16.[…]There are no inspectors, no exams until the age of 18, no school league tables, no private tuition industry, no school uniforms. […]",
          "type": "quotation"
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        "Clipping of examination, especially when meaning test or in compound terms."
      ],
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        "(informal) Clipping of examination, especially when meaning test or in compound terms."
      ],
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        "alt-of",
        "clipping",
        "informal"
      ]
    }
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      "ipa": "/ɪɡˈzæm/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ɛɡˈzæm/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ɛkˈsam/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ɪɡˈzæm]",
      "tags": [
        "Philadelphia"
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  "word": "exam"
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        "participle",
        "present"
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
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        {
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          "langcode": "en",
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          "text": "Thin sections were stained with lead citrate and then examed using 1200EX electron microscope (JEOL, Tokyo, Japan)."
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          "examine",
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        "(sciences) Shortened form of examine"
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    },
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    },
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      "ipa": "/ɛkˈsam/"
    },
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      "word": "bar exam"
    },
    {
      "word": "blue book exam"
    },
    {
      "word": "challenge exam"
    },
    {
      "word": "clinical exam"
    },
    {
      "word": "cross-exam"
    },
    {
      "word": "direct exam"
    },
    {
      "word": "entrance exam"
    },
    {
      "word": "exam paper"
    },
    {
      "word": "final exam"
    },
    {
      "word": "mock exam"
    },
    {
      "word": "oral exam"
    },
    {
      "word": "physical exam"
    },
    {
      "word": "self-exam"
    },
    {
      "word": "transfer exam"
    }
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        "English terms with quotations"
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      ],
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        "(informal) Clipping of examination, especially when meaning test or in compound terms."
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    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ɛɡˈzæm/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ɛkˈsam/"
    },
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    },
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    },
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