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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How to use examine in a sentence?

1. Bryan Stevenson:

   We are thrilled that Mr. Hinton will finally be released because he has unnecessarily spent years on Alabama's death row when evidence of his innocence was clearly presented, the refusal of state prosecutors to re-examine this case despite persuasive and reliable evidence of innocence is disappointing and troubling.

2. Upendra Tripathy:

   The prime minister discussed this and KFW in principle agreed to examine our request, we are looking for low-cost loans.

3. Edward P. Morgan:

   A book is the only place in which you can examine a fragile thought without breaking it.

4. Nick Mosby:

   It is my job to examine and investigate the evidence of each case, here is the rule I had with my police department and my police commissioner.

5. Karen Bass:

   I will examine whether I will support it today.