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English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɪɡˈzæm/, /ɛɡˈzæm/, /ɛkˈsam/
- Rhymes: -æm
Noun
exam (plural exams)
- (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. […]
Derived terms
Verb
exam (third-person singular simple present exams, present participle examming or examing, simple past and past participle exammed or examed)
- (sciences) Shortened form of examine
Anagrams
French
Noun
exam m (plural exams)
- (informal) Short for examen