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examine
English
Alternative forms
- examin (obsolete)
Etymology
From Middle English examinen, examenen, from Old French examiner, from Latin ex?min?re.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /???zæm?n/
- Hyphenation: ex?am?ine
Verb
examine (third-person singular simple present examines, present participle examining, simple past and past participle examined)
- to observe or inspect carefully or critically
- to check the health or condition of something or someone
- to determine the aptitude, skills or qualifications of someone by subjecting them to an examination
- to interrogate
Synonyms
- pore over, undersee
Hyponyms
- cross examine
- re-examine
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Translations
See also
- look at
French
Verb
examine
- first-person singular present indicative of examiner
- third-person singular present indicative of examiner
- first-person singular present subjunctive of examiner
- third-person singular present subjunctive of examiner
- second-person singular imperative of examiner
Latin
Noun
ex?mine
- ablative singular of ex?men
Portuguese
Verb
examine
- first-person singular (eu) present subjunctive of examinar
- third-person singular (ele and ela, also used with você and others) present subjunctive of examinar
- third-person singular (você) affirmative imperative of examinar
- third-person singular (você) negative imperative of examinar
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /e?sa?mine/, [e??.sa?mi.ne]
Verb
examine
- Formal second-person singular (usted) imperative form of examinar.
- First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of examinar.
- Formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of examinar.
- Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted?) present subjunctive form of examinar.
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recognize
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /???k??na?z/, (sometimes proscribed) /???k?na?z/
Etymology 1
Borrowed from Old French reconoistre, from Latin recognoscere, first attested in the 16th century. Displaced native English acknow (“to recognize, perceive as”), compare German erkennen and Swedish erkänna.
Alternative forms
- recognise (non-Oxford British spelling)
Verb
recognize (third-person singular simple present recognizes, present participle recognizing, simple past and past participle recognized) (North American and Oxford British spelling)
- (transitive) To match (something or someone which one currently perceives) to a memory of some previous encounter with the same person or thing.
- 1900, Charles W. Chesnutt, The House Behind the Cedars, Chapter I,
- He looked in vain into the stalls for the butcher who had sold fresh meat twice a week, on market days, and he felt a genuine thrill of pleasure when he recognized the red bandana turban of old Aunt Lyddy, the ancient negro woman who had sold him gingerbread and fried fish, and told him weird tales of witchcraft and conjuration, in the old days when, as an idle boy, he had loafed about the market-house.
- 1900, Charles W. Chesnutt, The House Behind the Cedars, Chapter I,
- (transitive) To acknowledge the existence or legality of; to treat as valid or worthy of consideration.
- (transitive, or with clause) To acknowledge or consider (as being a certain thing or having a certain quality or property).
- (transitive) To realize or discover the nature of something; apprehend quality in.
- (transitive) To show formal appreciation of, as with an award, commendation etc.
- (obsolete) To review; to examine again.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of South to this entry?)
- (obsolete) To reconnoiter.
- 1637, Robert Monro, Monro, His Expedition With the Worthy Scots Regiment Called Mac-Keys
- before the siege was layd to the Towne, of minde to recognize, he fell unawares amongst an Ambushcade
- 1637, Robert Monro, Monro, His Expedition With the Worthy Scots Regiment Called Mac-Keys
- (immunology) To have the property to bind to specific antigens.
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Translations
Etymology 2
From re- +? cognize.
Alternative forms
- re-cognize
Verb
recognize (third-person singular simple present recognizes, present participle recognizing, simple past and past participle recognized) (North American and Oxford British spelling)
- to cognize again
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