She was very shy about her emergency problem, and asked the gynecologist to please examine her.
Source: tatoeba (20138)
Examine
//ɪɡˈzæmɪn//
Synonyms for "examine" (192 found)
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Strong matches (57)
Related words (96)
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162 translations across 46 languages.
Ancient Greek
2 entries- δοκιμάζω verb (to determine the aptitude, skills or qualifications of someone by subjecting them to an examination)
- σκέπτομαι verb (to observe or inspect carefully or critically)
Arabic
3 entries- امتحن verb (to observe or inspect carefully or critically)
- اِمْتَحَنَ verb (to observe or inspect carefully or critically)
- فَحَصَ verb (to observe or inspect carefully or critically)
Armenian
3 entries- զննել verb (to observe or inspect carefully or critically)
- զննել verb (to check the health or condition of something or someone)
- քննել verb (to observe or inspect carefully or critically)
Belarusian
4 entries- агле́дзець verb (to observe or inspect carefully or critically)
- агляда́ць verb (to observe or inspect carefully or critically)
- дапы́тваць verb (to interrogate)
- дапыта́ць verb (to interrogate)
Bulgarian
4 entries- изпи́твам verb (to determine the aptitude, skills or qualifications of someone by subjecting them to an examination)
- изсле́двам verb (to observe or inspect carefully or critically)
- прегле́дам verb (to check the health or condition of something or someone)
- прегле́ждам verb (to check the health or condition of something or someone)
Catalan
1 entries- examinar verb (to observe or inspect carefully or critically)
Cherokee
1 entries- ᎠᎪᎵᏰᎠ verb (to observe or inspect carefully or critically)
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 检查 verb (to observe or inspect carefully or critically)
- 调查 verb (to observe or inspect carefully or critically)
Czech
4 entries- vyzkoušet verb (to determine the aptitude, skills or qualifications of someone by subjecting them to an examination)
- vyšetřit verb (to check the health or condition of something or someone)
- vyšetřovat verb (to check the health or condition of something or someone)
- zkoušet verb (to determine the aptitude, skills or qualifications of someone by subjecting them to an examination)
Danish
1 entries- undersøge verb (to observe or inspect carefully or critically)
Dutch
2 entries- examineren verb (to determine the aptitude, skills or qualifications of someone by subjecting them to an examination)
- onderzoeken verb (to observe or inspect carefully or critically)
Esperanto
1 entries- ekzameni verb (to observe or inspect carefully or critically)
Finnish
4 entries- kuulustella verb (to interrogate)
- tarkastella verb (to observe or inspect carefully or critically)
- tutkia verb (to observe or inspect carefully or critically)
- tutkia verb (to check the health or condition of something or someone)
French
2 entries- examiner verb (to observe or inspect carefully or critically)
- examiner verb (to check the health or condition of something or someone)
Galician
1 entries- examinar verb (to observe or inspect carefully or critically)
Georgian
4 entries- გამოიკვლევს verb (to observe or inspect carefully or critically)
- გამოიკვლევს verb (to check the health or condition of something or someone)
- დაკითხავს verb (to interrogate)
- იკვლევს verb (to observe or inspect carefully or critically)
German
4 entries- befragen verb (to interrogate)
- prüfen verb (to determine the aptitude, skills or qualifications of someone by subjecting them to an examination)
- untersuchen verb (to observe or inspect carefully or critically)
- untersuchen verb (to check the health or condition of something or someone)
Haitian Creole
1 entries- egzamine verb (to observe or inspect carefully or critically)
Hindi
2 entries- जाँच करना verb (to observe or inspect carefully or critically)
- जाँचना verb (to observe or inspect carefully or critically)
Hungarian
4 entries- bevizsgál verb (to observe or inspect carefully or critically)
- ellenőriz verb (to observe or inspect carefully or critically)
- górcső alá vesz verb (to observe or inspect carefully or critically)
- kihallgat verb (to interrogate)
Italian
1 entries- esaminare verb (to observe or inspect carefully or critically)
Japanese
4 entries- 尋問する verb (to interrogate)
- 検査する verb (to determine the aptitude, skills or qualifications of someone by subjecting them to an examination)
- 診察する verb (to check the health or condition of something or someone)
- 調べる verb (to observe or inspect carefully or critically)
Kaingang
2 entries- tugnỹgnỹm verb (to observe or inspect carefully or critically)
- tugnỹm verb (to observe or inspect carefully or critically)
Khiamniungan Naga
1 entries- thó verb (to observe or inspect carefully or critically)
Korean
2 entries- 검사하다 verb (to observe or inspect carefully or critically)
- 조사하다 verb (to observe or inspect carefully or critically)
Latin
4 entries- aspiciō verb (to observe or inspect carefully or critically)
- dispectō verb (to observe or inspect carefully or critically)
- scrūtor verb (to observe or inspect carefully or critically)
- scīscitor verb (to observe or inspect carefully or critically)
Lithuanian
2 entries- apklausti verb (to interrogate)
- apžiūrėti verb (to check the health or condition of something or someone)
Macedonian
4 entries- и́спита verb (to observe or inspect carefully or critically)
- и́спита verb (to determine the aptitude, skills or qualifications of someone by subjecting them to an examination)
- и́спраша verb (to interrogate)
- пре́гледа verb (to check the health or condition of something or someone)
Malayalam
2 entries- പരിശോധിക്കുക verb (to observe or inspect carefully or critically)
- പരിശോധിക്കുക verb (to check the health or condition of something or someone)
Māori
3 entries- matawai verb (to observe or inspect carefully or critically)
- whakatare verb (to observe or inspect carefully or critically)
- whakataretare verb (to observe or inspect carefully or critically)
Nepali
2 entries- जाँच्नु verb (to observe or inspect carefully or critically)
- जाँच्नु verb (to check the health or condition of something or someone)
Norwegian Bokmål
3 entries- eksaminere verb (to determine the aptitude, skills or qualifications of someone by subjecting them to an examination)
- undersøke verb (to observe or inspect carefully or critically)
- undersøke verb (to check the health or condition of something or someone)
Occitan
1 entries- examinar verb (to observe or inspect carefully or critically)
Old English
1 entries- fandian verb (to observe or inspect carefully or critically)
Persian
3 entries- بازجستن verb (to interrogate)
- بازجویی کردن verb (to interrogate)
- معاینه کردن verb (to observe or inspect carefully or critically)
Polish
2 entries- badać verb (to check the health or condition of something or someone)
- zbadać verb (to check the health or condition of something or someone)
Portuguese
4 entries- analisar verb (to observe or inspect carefully or critically)
- examinar verb (to observe or inspect carefully or critically)
- examinar verb (to check the health or condition of something or someone)
- examinar verb (to determine the aptitude, skills or qualifications of someone by subjecting them to an examination)
Russian
4 entries- допра́шивать verb (to interrogate)
- допроси́ть verb (to interrogate)
- испы́тывать verb (to determine the aptitude, skills or qualifications of someone by subjecting them to an examination)
- испыта́ть verb (to determine the aptitude, skills or qualifications of someone by subjecting them to an examination)
Sanskrit
1 entries- परीक्षते verb (to observe or inspect carefully or critically)
Slovak
4 entries- preskúmať verb (to observe or inspect carefully or critically)
- skúmať verb (to observe or inspect carefully or critically)
- skúšať verb (to determine the aptitude, skills or qualifications of someone by subjecting them to an examination)
- vypočuť verb (to interrogate)
Spanish
4 entries- analizar verb (to observe or inspect carefully or critically)
- auscultar verb (to check the health or condition of something or someone)
- examinar verb (to observe or inspect carefully or critically)
- examinar verb (to determine the aptitude, skills or qualifications of someone by subjecting them to an examination)
Swahili
4 entries- hoji verb (to interrogate)
- kagua verb (to observe or inspect carefully or critically)
- kagua verb (to check the health or condition of something or someone)
- tahini verb (to determine the aptitude, skills or qualifications of someone by subjecting them to an examination)
Swedish
4 entries- fråga ut verb (to interrogate)
- förhöra verb (to interrogate)
- observera verb (to observe or inspect carefully or critically)
- undersöka verb (to observe or inspect carefully or critically)
Thai
1 entries- ไต่สวน verb (to interrogate)
Turkish
1 entries- muayene etmek verb (to observe or inspect carefully or critically)
Ukrainian
4 entries- ви́пробувати verb (to determine the aptitude, skills or qualifications of someone by subjecting them to an examination)
- випро́бувати verb (to determine the aptitude, skills or qualifications of someone by subjecting them to an examination)
- допи́тувати verb (to interrogate)
- допита́ти verb (to interrogate)
Sample sentences
18 total sentences available.
So the doctor started to examine her.
Source: tatoeba (27916)
The doctor used X-rays to examine my stomach.
Source: tatoeba (28022)
I don't like to have a doctor examine me.
Source: tatoeba (28043)
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Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.