exam

ex·am  (g-zm)

n.

An examination; a test.

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exam

Noun

short for examination

Thesaurus

Noun

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exam - a set of questions or exercises evaluating skill or knowledge; "when the test was stolen the professor had to make a new set of questions" examination, test communicating, communication - the activity of communicating; the activity of conveying information; "they could not act without official communication from Moscow" bar exam, bar examination - an examination conducted at regular intervals to determine whether a candidate is qualified to practice law in a given jurisdiction; "applicants may qualify to take the New York bar examination by graduating from an approved law school"; "he passed the bar exam on his third try" comp, comprehensive, comprehensive examination - an intensive examination testing a student's proficiency in some special field of knowledge; "she took her comps in English literature" entrance exam, entrance examination - examination to determine a candidate's preparation for a course of studies final exam, final examination, final - an examination administered at the end of an academic term litmus test - a test that relies on a single indicator; "her litmus test for good breeding is whether you split infinitives" midterm exam, midterm examination, midterm - an examination administered in the middle of an academic term oral, oral exam, oral examination, viva, viva voce - an examination conducted by spoken communication preliminary exam, preliminary examination, prelim - an examination taken by graduate students to determine their fitness to continue quiz - an examination consisting of a few short questions exam paper, examination paper, question sheet, test paper - a written examination tripos - final honors degree examinations at Cambridge University