We use this verb when we look at something closely and carefully. It helps us learn more or find problems.
Doctors examine the patient every day.
Please examine your work before handing it in.
This meaning is used when someone asks questions or gives a test to check what a person knows or can do.
Teachers examine the students in June.
He will be examined on English tomorrow.
This use means to carefully study or investigate something to understand it better or find the truth.
Scientists examine the stars with special tools.
We examine the data to find the answers.
In law, to examine means to ask questions carefully to a person involved in a case to learn the truth.
The lawyer will examine the witness now.
Police examine suspects carefully at the station.
This meaning means to think about or study something in your mind carefully before making a choice or decision.
We must examine all options before deciding.
Please examine the problem again carefully.
