"exam" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ɪɡˈzæm/, /ɛɡˈzæm/, /ɛkˈsam/, [ɪɡˈzæm] [Philadelphia] Audio: En-uk-an exam.ogg Forms: exams [plural]
Rhymes: -æm Head templates: {{en-noun}} exam (plural exams)
  1. (informal) Clipping of examination, especially when meaning “test” or in compound terms. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, informal Alternative form of: examination (extra: especially when meaning “test” or in compound terms)

Verb

IPA: /ɪɡˈzæm/, /ɛɡˈzæm/, /ɛkˈsam/, [ɪɡˈzæm] [Philadelphia] Audio: En-uk-an exam.ogg Forms: exams [present, singular, third-person], examing [participle, present], examming [participle, present, rare], examed [participle, past], examed [past], exammed [participle, past, rare], exammed [past, rare]
Rhymes: -æm Head templates: {{en-verb|+,++<l:rare>}} exam (third-person singular simple present exams, present participle examing or (rare) examming, simple past and past participle examed or (rare) exammed)
  1. (sciences) Shortened form of examine
    Sense id: en-exam-en-verb-4mNIpCj1 Categories (other): Sciences, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 40 60 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 25 75 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 25 75 Topics: sciences

Inflected forms

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