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# examiner

noun (an examiner, examiners)

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

## Everyday

1. A person who sets or marks an exam or test, as in «The examiner marked our papers». [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/examiner/#m1)
2. A person who checks something carefully, as in a «driving examiner» or a «medical examiner». [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/examiner/#m2)
3. (in a newspaper name) Several newspapers are called «The Examiner». [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/examiner/#m3)

### In the lessons

In school, especially the UK, examiners mark SATs, GCSEs and music exams; teachers say «Show your working for the examiner». In everyday life, a driving test examiner decides if you pass. In crime stories, a «medical examiner» finds out how someone died.

### Examples

- The examiner said to start writing. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/examiner/#x1)
- Write neatly so the examiner can read your answer. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/examiner/#x2)
- Mum passed her driving test first time — the examiner was impressed. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/examiner/#x3)
- The piano examiner asked me to play a scale. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/examiner/#x4)
- The medical examiner looked at the evidence. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/examiner/#x5)
- Examiners give marks for showing your working. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/examiner/#x6)

### Note

Takes «an». The person who takes the exam is the «candidate» or «examinee». Verb: «examine».

## On Mova

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