entrance examination

noun

An examination that an educational institution conducts to select prospective students.

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Meanings

nounentrance examination (plural entrance examinations)

plural entrance examinations

  1. educationAn examination that an educational institution conducts to select prospective students.

    He complained that his results in the entrance examination for the Hyderabad Civil Service entitled him to greater seniority and higher pay.

    1993, Michelle Dunkley McCarthy, Peter Matthews (editors), Guinness Book of Records, 1993, page 184

    Synonyms: entrance exam

Synonyms & antonyms

nounAn examination that an educational institution conducts to select prospective students.

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More synonyms by meaning

nounexamination to determine a candidate's preparation for a course of studies

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examinationexamtest
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Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Translations

Chinese Cantonese 入學試 /入学试
  • 入學試 /入学试 (jap⁶ hok⁶ si³, jap⁶ hok⁶ si⁵)an examination that an educational institution conducts to select prospective students
Chinese Mandarin 入學考試 /入学考试
  • 入學考試 /入学考试 (rùxué kǎoshì)an examination that an educational institution conducts to select prospective students
Czech přijímačky
  • přijímačkyan examination that an educational institution conducts to select prospective students
Dutch toelatingsexamen, ingangsexamen
  • toelatingsexamenan examination that an educational institution conducts to select prospective students
  • ingangsexamenan examination that an educational institution conducts to select prospective students
  • toegangsexamenan examination that an educational institution conducts to select prospective students
  • toelatingsproefan examination that an educational institution conducts to select prospective students
Finnish pääsykoe, valintakoe
  • pääsykoean examination that an educational institution conducts to select prospective students
  • valintakoean examination that an educational institution conducts to select prospective students
French concours d'entrée, examen d'entrée
  • concours d'entréean examination that an educational institution conducts to select prospective students
  • examen d'entréean examination that an educational institution conducts to select prospective students
  • examen d'admissionan examination that an educational institution conducts to select prospective students
German Aufnahmeprüfung, Zugangsprüfung
  • Aufnahmeprüfungan examination that an educational institution conducts to select prospective students
  • Zugangsprüfungan examination that an educational institution conducts to select prospective students
Hungarian felvételi vizsga, felvételi
  • felvételi vizsgaan examination that an educational institution conducts to select prospective students
  • felvételian examination that an educational institution conducts to select prospective students
Japanese 入学試験
  • 入学試験 (nyūgakushiken)an examination that an educational institution conducts to select prospective students
Korean 입학시험
  • 입학시험 (iphaksiheom)an examination that an educational institution conducts to select prospective students
Polish egzamin wstępny
  • egzamin wstępnyan examination that an educational institution conducts to select prospective students
Portuguese exame de admissão, vestibular
  • exame de admissãoan examination that an educational institution conducts to select prospective students
  • vestibularan examination that an educational institution conducts to select prospective students
Romanian examen de admitere
  • examen de admiterean examination that an educational institution conducts to select prospective students
Russian вступи́тельный экза́мен
  • вступи́тельный экза́мен (vstupítelʹnyj ekzámen)an examination that an educational institution conducts to select prospective students
Spanish examen de selectividad, examinación de admisión
  • examen de selectividadan examination that an educational institution conducts to select prospective students
  • examinación de admisiónan examination that an educational institution conducts to select prospective students
  • examen de ingresoan examination that an educational institution conducts to select prospective students
  • examen de admisiónan examination that an educational institution conducts to select prospective students
Swedish inträdesprov, inträdesförhör
  • inträdesprovan examination that an educational institution conducts to select prospective students
  • inträdesförhöran examination that an educational institution conducts to select prospective students
Turkish giriş sınavı
  • giriş sınavıan examination that an educational institution conducts to select prospective students
Ukrainian вступний екзамен
  • вступний екзамен (vstupnyj ekzamen)an examination that an educational institution conducts to select prospective students
Cite this entry
APA

entrance examination. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/entrance%20examination

MLA

“entrance examination.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/entrance%20examination. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “entrance examination,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/entrance%20examination.

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