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Plural of examination

regular plural

The plural of examination is examinations.

Forms of examination

Singularexamination /ɪɡˌzæm.ɪˈneɪ.ʃən/
Pluralexaminations
Countablecountable and uncountable

Examinations in a sentence

  • The question of the plausibility of the counter-factual is seen as key in all three discussions of allohistorical fiction (as it is in Demandt's and Ferguson's examinations of allohistory) (cf.2014 October 14, David Malcolm, “The Great War Re-Remembered: Allohistory and Allohistorical Fiction”, in Martin Löschnigg, Marzena...
  • Professor Burns will be invigilating over the final examinations to ensure that the students do not cheat.From the entry invigilate
  • Paper-based examinations are becoming less popular with candidates, who prefer computer-based ones.From the entry paper-based
  • I averaged 75% in my examinations this year.From the entry average
  • The surgeon had written thousands of prescriptions for pain killers without proper examinations before the police raided the clinic.From the entry prescription

Meaning of examination

  1. noun The act of examining.
  2. noun Particularly, an inspection by a medical professional to establish the extent and nature of any sickness or injury.
  3. noun A formal test involving answering written or oral questions under a time constraint and usually without access to textbooks; typically, a large, written test administered to high school and college students covering course material studied in a semester.

Full definition of examination

Questions about the plural of examination

What is the plural of examination?
The plural of examination is examinations.
Is examination countable?
Examination is a countable and uncountable noun.

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Adapted from Wiktionary: examination (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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