Examining
//ɪɡˈzæmɪnɪŋ// adj, noun, verb
adj, noun, verb ·Uncommon ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 examination
"The auditing of the accounts, when the defendant was present, was nothing more than the examinings of the footings of the bookkeeper."
Verb
- 1 present participle and gerund of examine form-of, gerund, participle, present
"It could be serious, my head needs urgent examining."
Adjective
- 1 Tending to examine or engaged in close examination; studiously observant.
"How shall we be sure that we have justly quitted REASON, as too high and dangerous, too aspiring or presumptive; if thro' Fear of any kind, or submitting to mere Command we quit our very examining Thought, and in the moment stop short, so as to put an end to further Thinking on the matter?"
Example
More examples"They found out truth while examining a pile of relevant documents."
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