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re-examine

Syllables: re-ex·am·ine/ˌɹiː.ɪɡˈzæm.ɪn/UK/ˌɹiː.ɪɡˈzam.ɪn/

re-examine verb: to examine again.

Verb

re-examine (third-person singular simple present re-examines, present participle re-examining, simple past and past participle re-examined)

  1. (transitive) To examine again.
    • At the request of the Minister of Transport, the Commission is reviewing the achievements under the plan up to the end of 1958 and the benefits obtained from it, and is re-examining the course of the plan, with particular reference to the next five years "related to the future size of railway...1959 February, “Re-Appraisal of Modernisation Plans”, in Railway Magazine, page 73
    • Making long cross-country drives, Coster-Mullen said, had given him plenty of time to reëxamine the three-dimensional diagram of the bomb that he keeps in his head, like a Buddhist monk contemplating the Karmic wheel.2008 December 7, David Samuels, “Atomic John: A truck driver uncovers secrets about the first nuclear bombs”, in The New Yorker
  2. (UK, transitive) To question a witness in redirect examination.

re-examine meaning in Tamil and Malayalam

re-examine in Tamil

மறுபடி சோதனை செய், மறுசோதனை

re-examine in Malayalam

to examine again
പുനഃപരിശോധിക്കുക punaḥpariśōdhikkuka

Forms of re-examine

third-person singular presentre-examines
present participlere-examining
past participlere-examined
pastre-examined
alternative formreexamine
alternative formreëxamine

Origin of re-examine

From re- + examine.

Words formed from re-examine

Words that rhyme with re-examine

Questions about re-examine

What does re-examine mean?
Re-examine means to examine again.
What is re-examine in Tamil?
Re-examine in Tamil is மறுபடி சோதனை செய், மறுசோதனை. See Re-examine meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is re-examine?
Re-examine is a verb.
How do you pronounce re-examine?
Re-examine is pronounced /ˌɹiː.ɪɡˈzæm.ɪn/.
What is the past tense of re-examine?
The past tense of re-examine is re-examined.

Words near re-examine in the dictionary

  1. re-evoked
  2. re-evokes
  3. re-evoking
  4. re-examination
  5. re-examinations
  6. re-examine
  7. re-examined
  8. re-examines
  9. re-examining
  10. re-excavate
  11. re-excavated

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Adapted from Wiktionary: re-examine (page history and authors); re-examine (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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