different between stare vs examine

English

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /st???/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /st??(?)/
• Rhymes: -??(?)
• Homophone: stair

Etymology 1

From Middle English staren, from Old English starian (“to stare”), from Proto-Germanic *starjan?, *star?n? (“to be fixed, be rigid”), from Proto-Indo-European *stere-, *str?- (“strong, steady”). Cognate with Dutch staren (“to stare”), German starren (“to stare”), Norwegian stare (“to stare”), German starr (“stiff”). More at start.

Verb

stare (third-person singular simple present stares, present participle staring, simple past and past participle stared)

1. (intransitive, construed with at) To look fixedly (at something).

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:stare

   • A great bargain also had been the excellent Axminster carpet which covered the floor; as, again, the arm-chair in which Bunting now sat forward, staring into the dull, small fire. In fact, that arm-chair had been an extravagance of Mrs. Bunting. She had wanted her husband to be comfortable after the day's work was done, and she had paid thirty-seven shillings for the chair.

2. (transitive) To influence in some way by looking fixedly.

   to stare a timid person into submission

3. (intransitive) To be very conspicuous on account of size, prominence, colour, or brilliancy.

4. (intransitive, obsolete) To stand out; to project; to bristle.
   • 1707, John Mortimer, The whole Art of Husbandry, in the way of Managing and Improving of Land

     Take off all the staring straws, twigs and jags in the hive.

Troponyms

• gaze, to stare intently or earnestly
• ogle, to stare covetously or amorously

Derived terms

• stare someone in the face
• upstaring

Translations

Noun

stare (plural stares)

1. A persistent gaze.

   the stares of astonished passers-by

Translations

Etymology 2

From Middle English star, ster, from Old English stær (“starling”), from Proto-Germanic *starô (“starling”), from Proto-Indo-European *stor- (“starling”). Cognate with German Star (“starling”), Danish stær (“starling”), Swedish stare (“starling”), Norwegian Nynorsk stare (“starling”), Icelandic stari (“starling”). Compare also Old English stearn (“a type of bird, starling”).

Noun

stare (plural stares)

1. (now archaic) A starling. [from 9th c.]
   • 1634, William Wood, New Englands Prospect, I:

     The Stares be bigger than tho?e in England, as blacke as Crowes, being the most trouble?ome, and injurious bird of all others […].

Anagrams

• 'earts, -aster, Aters, Sater, TASer, Taser, Tesar, arets, arste, aster, earst, rates, reast, resat, setar, stear, tares, tarse, taser, tears, teras

Dutch

Pronunciation

Verb

stare

1. (archaic) singular present subjunctive of staren

Anagrams

• Aster

Italian

Etymology

From Latin st?re, present active infinitive of st?, from Proto-Indo-European *steh?-. Cognate with Spanish estar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?sta.re/
• Rhymes: -are

Verb

stàre (first-person singular present (with following syntactic gemination) stò, first-person singular past historic stètti or (popular) stièdi, past participle stàto, first-person singular future starò, first-person singular present subjunctive stìa, first-person singular imperfect subjunctive stéssi, second-person singular imperative stai or sta' or (with following syntactic gemination) sta, auxiliary essere) (intransitive)

1. to stay, remain

2. to keep, stick [+ a (object)]
3. (followed by a gerund) to be doing something (present continuous)

4. to be up to [+ a (object)]

5. to be about to [+ per (object)]

6. (mathematics) to be to [+ a (object)]

7. (regional) to live

8. to be in a certain condition

Conjugation

Synonyms

• (to stay): essere, restare, rimanere
• (to remain): restare, rimanere
• (to be): essere
• (to live): vivere, abitare
• (to keep, etc.): attenersi (a)
• (to be up to): toccare (a), spettare (a)

Derived terms

Related terms

Anagrams

• resta, sarte, tersa

Latin

Verb

st?re

1. present active infinitive of st?

Lower Sorbian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?star?/, [?star?]

Adjective

stare

1. inflection of stary:
   1. neuter nominative/accusative singular
   2. nominative/accusative plural

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

• star

Etymology

From Old Norse stari.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /²st??r?/

Noun

stare m (definite singular staren, indefinite plural starar, definite plural starane)

1. a starling (a songbird, Sturnus vulgaris)

See also

• stær (Bokmål)

References

• “stare” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?sta.r?/

Adjective

stare

1. inflection of stary:
   1. neuter nominative/accusative/vocative singular
   2. nonvirile nominative/accusative/vocative plural

Romanian

Etymology

From the verb sta.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -are

Noun

stare f (plural st?ri)

1. status, standing, situation, position, condition
2. state

Derived terms

• în stare

See also

• stat

Serbo-Croatian

Adjective

stare

1. inflection of star:
   1. masculine accusative plural
   2. feminine genitive singular
   3. feminine nominative/accusative/vocative plural

Swedish

Noun

stare c

1. starling (a bird)

Declension

Anagrams

• arets, etsar, raset, reats, retas, treas

Tarantino

Etymology

From Latin st?re, present active infinitive of st?, from Proto-Indo-European *steh?-.

Verb

stare

1. (intransitive) to stay, remain
2. (intransitive) to be

Conjugation

• Full conjugation needed.
• Present tense:- stoche, sté or stéje, sté or stéje, stáme, státe, stonne

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)

1. to observe or inspect carefully or critically

2. to check the health or condition of something or someone

3. to determine the aptitude, skills or qualifications of someone by subjecting them to an examination
4. to interrogate

Synonyms

• pore over, undersee

Hyponyms

• cross examine
• re-examine

Derived terms

Related terms

Translations

See also

• look at

French

Verb

examine

1. first-person singular present indicative of examiner
2. third-person singular present indicative of examiner
3. first-person singular present subjunctive of examiner
4. third-person singular present subjunctive of examiner
5. second-person singular imperative of examiner

Latin

Noun

ex?mine

1. ablative singular of ex?men

Portuguese

Verb

examine

1. first-person singular (eu) present subjunctive of examinar
2. third-person singular (ele and ela, also used with você and others) present subjunctive of examinar
3. third-person singular (você) affirmative imperative of examinar
4. third-person singular (você) negative imperative of examinar

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /e?sa?mine/, [e??.sa?mi.ne]

Verb

examine

1. Formal second-person singular (usted) imperative form of examinar.
2. First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of examinar.
3. Formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of examinar.
4. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present subjunctive form of examinar.