"re-examine" meaning in English

See re-examine in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

IPA: /ˌɹiː.ɪɡˈzæm.ɪn/ (note: conservative Received Pronunciation, General Australian), /ˌɹiː.ɪɡˈzam.ɪn/ [Received-Pronunciation, contemporary], /ˌɹi.ɪɡˈzæm.ɪn/ [Canada, General-American], /ˌɹiː.əɡˈzɛm.ən/ [New-Zealand], /ˌɹi.ɪɡˈzam.ɪn/ [Scotland], /ˌɾiː.ɪɡˈzam.ɪn/ [India] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Neøn-re-examine.wav Forms: re-examines [present, singular, third-person], re-examining [participle, present], re-examined [participle, past], re-examined [past], reexamine [alternative], reëxamine [alternative]
enPR: rē′ĭg-zăm′ĭn Rhymes: -æmɪn Etymology: From re- + examine. Etymology templates: {{af|en|re-|examine}} re- + examine Head templates: {{en-verb}} re-examine (third-person singular simple present re-examines, present participle re-examining, simple past and past participle re-examined)
  1. (transitive) To examine again. Tags: transitive Hypernyms: examine Translations (to examine again): 再調查 (Chinese Mandarin), 再调查 (zài diǎochá) (Chinese Mandarin), 覆審 /覆审 (fùshěn) (Chinese Mandarin), 复审 (fùshěn) (Chinese Mandarin), přezkoušet (Czech), tarkastella (Finnish), tutkia uudelleen (Finnish), nachprüfen (German), പുനഃപരിശോധിക്കുക (punaḥpariśōdhikkuka) (Malayalam), aaronsee (Manx), ath-cheasnaich (Scottish Gaelic)
    Sense id: en-re-examine-en-verb-en:to_examine_again Disambiguation of 'to examine again': 98 2
  2. (transitive, chiefly British) To question a witness in redirect examination. Tags: British, transitive
    Sense id: en-re-examine-en-verb-en:to_question_a_witness Categories (other): British English, English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with re-, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Czech translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Malayalam translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Manx translations, Terms with Scottish Gaelic translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 19 81 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with re-: 37 63 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 34 66 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 32 68 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 21 79 Disambiguation of Terms with Czech translations: 21 79 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 22 78 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 22 78 Disambiguation of Terms with Malayalam translations: 22 78 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 15 85 Disambiguation of Terms with Manx translations: 22 78 Disambiguation of Terms with Scottish Gaelic translations: 23 77
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: reexamination

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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