examn.

Brit.

/ᵻɡˈzam/,

/ɛɡˈzam/, U.S.

/ɪɡˈzæm/,

/ɛɡˈzæm/

Forms: 1800s–1900s exam. (with point), 1800s– exam.

Origin: Formed within English, by clipping or shortening. Etymon: examination n.

Etymology: Shortened < examination n., originally as a graphic abbreviation.

1. Short for examination n. (in various senses).Originally as a graphic abbreviation.With quot. 1984, cf. direct examination n. at direct adj. and adv. Additions, cross-examination n. at cross-examine v. Derivatives.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > judgement or decision > evaluation, estimation, appraisal > [noun] > according to rule or standard

examinationc1405

exam1568

reckoning1569

audit1839

diagnosis1855

1568 E. Dering Sparing Restraint i. 12 (margin) In exam. 5. Philp. [main text This argument by Lyke is verye plausible among them.]

1600 G. More True Disc. Possession & Dispossession of 7 Persons Lancs. iv. 64 They alleadge Mai. Darrels owne testimonie, in his answere to the 6 artic. of his exam. (quoted in the marg) therevppon inferring thus: [etc.].

?1695 Curious Coll. Bks. & Pamphlets W. Miller 56 (title) Test of her [sc. the Church of England] loyalty with the reply—An exam. of the same—An instance of her loyalty, &c.

1799 F. W. Herschel Allgemeines Repertorium Literatur 1791–5 ¶2561 An Exam. of the Grounds..of the present War with a proposition of pursuing it.

1838 Manch. Guardian 14 Mar. 2/2 Meetings in bankruptcy... J. Millington, joiner, Manchester, last exam...[Room] 10.

1893 Commerc. Gaz. 30 Aug. 830/1 Proceedings in bankruptcy... Exam, County Hall, Derby, Oct 11 at 2.

1905 Publisher's Circular 3 June 631/1 With special reference to Patents Act, 1902, and the Patents Rules, 1908 and 1905, incl. discussion of policy and effect of Act and detailed exam. of its provisions.

1984 Nat. Labor Relations Board Man. (Division of Judges) 17365.5 Leading questions are ordinarily not permitted on direct exam or exam of a friendly witness, but permitted on cross-exam or exam of unwilling witness.

2012 Medicine Hat (Alberta) News 20 Sept. b3/1 Officers conducted an exam of his vehicle and found several suspicious items.

2. spec.

a. A set of questions or tasks designed to test a person's knowledge, skill, or competence; a formal test; = examination n. 4b.Originally as a graphic abbreviation, and subsequently colloquial until the mid 20th cent. Now more common in everyday use than examination.exit exam, placement exam, theory exam, etc.: see the first element.

ΘΚΠ

society > education > educational administration > examination > [noun]

examination1421

examen1612

probation1645

trial1672

exam1837

mug1853

special1890

mid-year1895

periodical1897

test1910

assessment1956

1837 J. C. Fisher Diary 29 Apr. in Ushaw Mag. (1904) Dec. 242 The Grand Exams. begin.

1848 W. G. Hammond Diary 17 Apr. in Remembrance of Amherst (1946) 260 After exam., went into Pom.'s room and chatted with him till half-past four.

1877 Times 11 Aug. 3/5 (advt.) A late Bishop's chaplain..prepares six pupils for the Universities, the prelim exams in law and medicine.

1911 Z. Grey Young Pitcher viii. 87 I'll have to take my exams before the first college game.

1966 Listener 23 June 914/3 It was the end-of-term exam that really made him anxious.

2013 A. Gibbons Raining Fire xi. 133 I got to the hall just as everybody was filing in to sit the exam.

b. Originally North American. A medical examination. Usually with modifying word indicating the type of examination being undergone or performed. Cf. examination n. 5b.

ΘΚΠ

the world > health and disease > healing > diagnosis or prognosis > examination > [noun]

medical examination1842

exam1891

medical1917

physical1934

workup1945

check-up1958

1891 Daily Reflector (Norwalk, Ohio) 26 Dec. Mr. Wm. T. Holmes..will come to be with us next week and take the measurements of all of our members who desire a physical exam as well as those who are taking exercise in the gymnasium.

1915 R. Leighton Let. 1 May in V. Brittain et al. Lett. Lost Generation (2012) 100 They are hard up for officers in the Regulars now and will allow Territorials..to transfer if recommended by a Brigadier or greater nut and able to pass the Medical Exam.

1957 Billboard 2 Mar. 26/4 The singer recently had a head-to-toe physical exam.

1976 Arctic 29 22 Dr. D. said I was getting addicted to the valium and wants me to see Dr. J. again for an exam and spinal tap.

1983 Sat. Evening Post Oct. 28/1 Cancer of the prostate is ‘staged’ by the way it feels on rectal exam and by doing a bone scan and usually a chest X-ray.

2016 Sun (Nexis) 1 May 40 One in five children under the age of 12 have never had an eye exam.

Compounds

C1.

a. General attributive (in sense 2a), as exam candidate, exam hall, etc. Cf. examination n. Compounds 1a.

ΚΠ

1879 Freeman's Jrnl. (Dublin) 24 Apr. 2/8 A general meeting of this society will be held in the New Exam. Hall.

1893 Aftermath of '93 (Worcester Polytechnic Inst., Mass.) 59 He was deeply interested in his studies, and this interest always got deeper toward exam. time.

1894 Standard 19 Mar. 1/5 (advt.) Memory training... Success in helping exam. candidates.

1922 Musical Times Jan. 5/2 It was rather strange to me at Durham, never having been in an Exam. room before.

1957 Clearing House 32 177/2 Came final examination time and the posting of the exam schedule.

1993 Accountancy Oct. 131/2 The current exam syllabuses are being re-cast into ‘learning outcomes’.

2015 Vancouver Sun 4 Apr. b1 That would mean no risk of choking on exam day, but also no chance to bump up final grades.

exam question n.

ΚΠ

1853 Lumley's Bibliographical Advertiser 25 Oct. 109/3 Select Orations, those read in Schools and Colleges, including..Exam. Questions.

1920 Princeton Alumni Weekly 4 Feb. 392/2 Those [students] who have a capacity for handling examinations, and those who are staggered by the very appearance of the exam questions.

2007 Wall St. Jrnl. 14 Aug. a15/2 Tutors are great at..predicting exam questions.

exam result n.

ΚΠ

1885 Morning Post 16 Nov. 1/3 Pitman's Metropolitan School... Highest exam. results.

1960 A. S. Neill Summerhill 88 Our system flourishes when a child wants an academic education, as our exam results show.

2012 Irish Times (Nexis) 14 Feb. (Health section) 6 A young person who felt diminished by a poor exam result knuckles down and gets through on the repeat.

C2.

exam board n. chiefly British an organization or body responsible for setting and marking examinations and (usually) for awarding qualifications; = examination board n. at examination n. Compounds 2.

ΚΠ

1877 Guardian 21 Nov. 1614/1 Certificate of Oxford and Cambridge Schools Exam. Board for classics, mathematics, &c.

1982 Brit. Educ. Res. Jrnl. 8 159 Many exam boards will opt for the multipaper scheme of assessment in many subjects.

2006 Daily Tel. 28 Sept. 8/3 Increasing evidence of plagiarism..prompted the exam boards earlier this year to employ plagiarism experts.

exam conditions n. the conditions under which examinations are normally taken (usually with reference to conducting written examinations in silence, within a time limit, without access to reference materials, etc.); esp. in under exam conditions; = examination conditions n. at examination n. Compounds 2.

ΚΠ

1897 Pract. Teacher 17 441/1 Competitors must send a certificate from Head Teacher that tests have been worked under Exam. conditions.

1949 Musical Times 90 261/2 If desired, exam. conditions will be simulated.

1984 J. U. Monro in A. M. Garibaldi Black Colleges & Universities ix. 165 A brief essay written under exam conditions is an excellent test of students' ability to generate, organize, and write down their thoughts.

2012 Independent 7 Sept. 16/2 Coursework has been replaced by controlled assessment (that is, work done under exam conditions).

exam paper n. (a) a written or printed set of questions to be answered by an examination candidate; = examination paper n. (a) at examination n. Compounds 2; (b) a set of answers to such questions, written by an examination candidate; = examination paper n. (b) at examination n. Compounds 2.

ΘΚΠ

society > education > educational administration > examination > [noun] > paper

test-paper1827

examination paper1829

paper1835

exam paper1837

taste-paper1860

bumf1889

special paper1960

1837 Catal. Valuable Coll. Bks. sold by Auction by Leigh Sotheby 9 Mathematical Problems and Examples from the Exam. Papers, by W. C. Ottley.

1841 A. H. Clough Diary 16 Aug. (1990) V. 174 Lecture at 11. E[nglish] Essay. Exam Paper.

1897 Weekly Tel. (Atlantic, Iowa) 4 Aug. 11/4 It is not a teacher's duty to be worn out. Always do business at the old stand and never take ‘exam’ papers to your room.

1946 Amer. Mag. Aug. 95/1 Moira ate and slept and studied, wrote a good exam paper, and worked in lab with a new kind of curiosity.

2014 Radio Times 6 Sept. (South/West ed.) 127/1 You slowly open the exam paper... You expected the Ice Age; you're being asked about isosceles triangles.

exam script n. an examination candidate's set of written answers; = examination script n. at examination n. Compounds 2.Not common in North American use.

ΚΠ

1950 Libr. Assoc. Rec. Oct. 393/2 I think he has been reading a false conclusion from his study of exam. scripts.

1978 Irish Times 28 Sept. 9/3 Such a large error would not be tolerated in an exam script from one of Dr. McAulay's first-year students.

2011 Independent 25 Feb. 19/4 The number of exam scripts marked online has grown steadily in recent years.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	exam
释义	examn. Brit. /ᵻɡˈzam/, /ɛɡˈzam/, U.S. /ɪɡˈzæm/, /ɛɡˈzæm/ Forms: 1800s–1900s exam. (with point), 1800s– exam. Origin: Formed within English, by clipping or shortening. Etymon: examination n. Etymology: Shortened < examination n., originally as a graphic abbreviation. 1. Short for examination n. (in various senses).Originally as a graphic abbreviation.With quot. 1984, cf. direct examination n. at direct adj. and adv. Additions, cross-examination n. at cross-examine v. Derivatives. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > judgement or decision > evaluation, estimation, appraisal > [noun] > according to rule or standard examinationc1405 exam1568 reckoning1569 audit1839 diagnosis1855 1568 E. Dering Sparing Restraint i. 12 (margin) In exam. 5. Philp. [main text This argument by Lyke is verye plausible among them.] 1600 G. More True Disc. Possession & Dispossession of 7 Persons Lancs. iv. 64 They alleadge Mai. Darrels owne testimonie, in his answere to the 6 artic. of his exam. (quoted in the marg) therevppon inferring thus: [etc.]. ?1695 Curious Coll. Bks. & Pamphlets W. Miller 56 (title) Test of her [sc. the Church of England] loyalty with the reply—An exam. of the same—An instance of her loyalty, &c. 1799 F. W. Herschel Allgemeines Repertorium Literatur 1791–5 ¶2561 An Exam. of the Grounds..of the present War with a proposition of pursuing it. 1838 Manch. Guardian 14 Mar. 2/2 Meetings in bankruptcy... J. Millington, joiner, Manchester, last exam...[Room] 10. 1893 Commerc. Gaz. 30 Aug. 830/1 Proceedings in bankruptcy... Exam, County Hall, Derby, Oct 11 at 2. 1905 Publisher's Circular 3 June 631/1 With special reference to Patents Act, 1902, and the Patents Rules, 1908 and 1905, incl. discussion of policy and effect of Act and detailed exam. of its provisions. 1984 Nat. Labor Relations Board Man. (Division of Judges) 17365.5 Leading questions are ordinarily not permitted on direct exam or exam of a friendly witness, but permitted on cross-exam or exam of unwilling witness. 2012 Medicine Hat (Alberta) News 20 Sept. b3/1 Officers conducted an exam of his vehicle and found several suspicious items. 2. spec. a. A set of questions or tasks designed to test a person's knowledge, skill, or competence; a formal test; = examination n. 4b.Originally as a graphic abbreviation, and subsequently colloquial until the mid 20th cent. Now more common in everyday use than examination.exit exam, placement exam, theory exam, etc.: see the first element. ΘΚΠ society > education > educational administration > examination > [noun] examination1421 examen1612 probation1645 trial1672 exam1837 mug1853 special1890 mid-year1895 periodical1897 test1910 assessment1956 1837 J. C. Fisher Diary 29 Apr. in Ushaw Mag. (1904) Dec. 242 The Grand Exams. begin. 1848 W. G. Hammond Diary 17 Apr. in Remembrance of Amherst (1946) 260 After exam., went into Pom.'s room and chatted with him till half-past four. 1877 Times 11 Aug. 3/5 (advt.) A late Bishop's chaplain..prepares six pupils for the Universities, the prelim exams in law and medicine. 1911 Z. Grey Young Pitcher viii. 87 I'll have to take my exams before the first college game. 1966 Listener 23 June 914/3 It was the end-of-term exam that really made him anxious. 2013 A. Gibbons Raining Fire xi. 133 I got to the hall just as everybody was filing in to sit the exam. b. Originally North American. A medical examination. Usually with modifying word indicating the type of examination being undergone or performed. Cf. examination n. 5b. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > healing > diagnosis or prognosis > examination > [noun] medical examination1842 exam1891 medical1917 physical1934 workup1945 check-up1958 1891 Daily Reflector (Norwalk, Ohio) 26 Dec. Mr. Wm. T. Holmes..will come to be with us next week and take the measurements of all of our members who desire a physical exam as well as those who are taking exercise in the gymnasium. 1915 R. Leighton Let. 1 May in V. Brittain et al. Lett. Lost Generation (2012) 100 They are hard up for officers in the Regulars now and will allow Territorials..to transfer if recommended by a Brigadier or greater nut and able to pass the Medical Exam. 1957 Billboard 2 Mar. 26/4 The singer recently had a head-to-toe physical exam. 1976 Arctic 29 22 Dr. D. said I was getting addicted to the valium and wants me to see Dr. J. again for an exam and spinal tap. 1983 Sat. Evening Post Oct. 28/1 Cancer of the prostate is ‘staged’ by the way it feels on rectal exam and by doing a bone scan and usually a chest X-ray. 2016 Sun (Nexis) 1 May 40 One in five children under the age of 12 have never had an eye exam. Compounds C1. a. General attributive (in sense 2a), as exam candidate, exam hall, etc. Cf. examination n. Compounds 1a. ΚΠ 1879 Freeman's Jrnl. (Dublin) 24 Apr. 2/8 A general meeting of this society will be held in the New Exam. Hall. 1893 Aftermath of '93 (Worcester Polytechnic Inst., Mass.) 59 He was deeply interested in his studies, and this interest always got deeper toward exam. time. 1894 Standard 19 Mar. 1/5 (advt.) Memory training... Success in helping exam. candidates. 1922 Musical Times Jan. 5/2 It was rather strange to me at Durham, never having been in an Exam. room before. 1957 Clearing House 32 177/2 Came final examination time and the posting of the exam schedule. 1993 Accountancy Oct. 131/2 The current exam syllabuses are being re-cast into ‘learning outcomes’. 2015 Vancouver Sun 4 Apr. b1 That would mean no risk of choking on exam day, but also no chance to bump up final grades. b. exam question n. ΚΠ 1853 Lumley's Bibliographical Advertiser 25 Oct. 109/3 Select Orations, those read in Schools and Colleges, including..Exam. Questions. 1920 Princeton Alumni Weekly 4 Feb. 392/2 Those [students] who have a capacity for handling examinations, and those who are staggered by the very appearance of the exam questions. 2007 Wall St. Jrnl. 14 Aug. a15/2 Tutors are great at..predicting exam questions. exam result n. ΚΠ 1885 Morning Post 16 Nov. 1/3 Pitman's Metropolitan School... Highest exam. results. 1960 A. S. Neill Summerhill 88 Our system flourishes when a child wants an academic education, as our exam results show. 2012 Irish Times (Nexis) 14 Feb. (Health section) 6 A young person who felt diminished by a poor exam result knuckles down and gets through on the repeat. C2. exam board n. chiefly British an organization or body responsible for setting and marking examinations and (usually) for awarding qualifications; = examination board n. at examination n. Compounds 2. ΚΠ 1877 Guardian 21 Nov. 1614/1 Certificate of Oxford and Cambridge Schools Exam. Board for classics, mathematics, &c. 1982 Brit. Educ. Res. Jrnl. 8 159 Many exam boards will opt for the multipaper scheme of assessment in many subjects. 2006 Daily Tel. 28 Sept. 8/3 Increasing evidence of plagiarism..prompted the exam boards earlier this year to employ plagiarism experts. exam conditions n. the conditions under which examinations are normally taken (usually with reference to conducting written examinations in silence, within a time limit, without access to reference materials, etc.); esp. in under exam conditions; = examination conditions n. at examination n. Compounds 2. ΚΠ 1897 Pract. Teacher 17 441/1 Competitors must send a certificate from Head Teacher that tests have been worked under Exam. conditions. 1949 Musical Times 90 261/2 If desired, exam. conditions will be simulated. 1984 J. U. Monro in A. M. Garibaldi Black Colleges & Universities ix. 165 A brief essay written under exam conditions is an excellent test of students' ability to generate, organize, and write down their thoughts. 2012 Independent 7 Sept. 16/2 Coursework has been replaced by controlled assessment (that is, work done under exam conditions). exam paper n. (a) a written or printed set of questions to be answered by an examination candidate; = examination paper n. (a) at examination n. Compounds 2; (b) a set of answers to such questions, written by an examination candidate; = examination paper n. (b) at examination n. Compounds 2. ΘΚΠ society > education > educational administration > examination > [noun] > paper test-paper1827 examination paper1829 paper1835 exam paper1837 taste-paper1860 bumf1889 special paper1960 1837 Catal. Valuable Coll. Bks. sold by Auction by Leigh Sotheby 9 Mathematical Problems and Examples from the Exam. Papers, by W. C. Ottley. 1841 A. H. Clough Diary 16 Aug. (1990) V. 174 Lecture at 11. E[nglish] Essay. Exam Paper. 1897 Weekly Tel. (Atlantic, Iowa) 4 Aug. 11/4 It is not a teacher's duty to be worn out. Always do business at the old stand and never take ‘exam’ papers to your room. 1946 Amer. Mag. Aug. 95/1 Moira ate and slept and studied, wrote a good exam paper, and worked in lab with a new kind of curiosity. 2014 Radio Times 6 Sept. (South/West ed.) 127/1 You slowly open the exam paper... You expected the Ice Age; you're being asked about isosceles triangles. exam script n. an examination candidate's set of written answers; = examination script n. at examination n. Compounds 2.Not common in North American use. ΚΠ 1950 Libr. Assoc. Rec. Oct. 393/2 I think he has been reading a false conclusion from his study of exam. scripts. 1978 Irish Times 28 Sept. 9/3 Such a large error would not be tolerated in an exam script from one of Dr. McAulay's first-year students. 2011 Independent 25 Feb. 19/4 The number of exam scripts marked online has grown steadily in recent years. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1568
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