exam

• IPA^(key): /ɪɡˈzæm/, /ɛɡˈzæm/, /ɛkˈsam/
  • (Philadelphia) IPA^(key): [ɪɡˈzæm]

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• Rhymes: -æm

exam (plural exams)

1. (informal) Clipping of examination, especially when meaning test or in compound terms.
   • 2013 July 19, Peter Wilby, “Finland spreads word on schools”, in The Guardian Weekly, volume 189, number 6, page 30:

     Imagine a country where children do nothing but play until they start compulsory schooling at age seven. Then, without exception, they attend comprehensives until the age of 16. […] There are no inspectors, no exams until the age of 18, no school league tables, no private tuition industry, no school uniforms. […]

exam (third-person singular simple present exams, present participle examming or examing, simple past and past participle exammed or examed)

1. (sciences) Shortened form of examine
   • doi=10.1371/journal.pone.0135795

     Thin sections were stained with lead citrate and then examed using 1200EX electron microscope (JEOL, Tokyo, Japan).

• AmEx, Amex

exam m (plural exams)

1. (informal) Short for examen