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# exam

noun (exam, exams); short for examination

«exam» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. An exam is a test at school or college to see how much you know. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/exam/#m1)
2. An exam (examination) is also a check by a doctor or dentist, like an eye exam. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/exam/#m2)

### In the lessons

questions and marks on an exam; pupils who passed; time for an exam; in school: revise for exams, sit or take an exam, pass or fail; in health: an eye exam checks your sight; phrases: «take/sit an exam», «pass an exam», «exam results», «exam paper»

### Examples

- The exam has 40 questions. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/exam/#x1)
- She got 35 marks on the exam. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/exam/#x2)
- 28 pupils passed the exam. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/exam/#x3)
- The exam lasts 90 minutes. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/exam/#x4)
- We have a maths exam next week. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/exam/#x5)
- He revised every evening before his exams. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/exam/#x6)
- No talking during the exam. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/exam/#x7)
- She went for an eye exam and got new glasses. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/exam/#x8)
- Read every question carefully in the exam. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/exam/#x9)

### Note

Story word; the numbers are marks, questions or time. Wrong answers = all questions − right ones. Percent score = marks ÷ total marks × 100. «Take an exam» (US) / «sit an exam» (UK); «pass» means succeed, not «go past».

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «exam» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/exam/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«exam» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/exam.html) on Mova free.