exam

Meanings

nounexam (plural exams)

abbreviationclippinginformalClipping of examination, especially when meaning “test” or in compound terms.
1 more example
Imagine a country where children do nothing but play until they start compulsory schooling at age seven. Then, without exception, they attend comprehensives until the age of 16.[…]There are no inspectors, no exams until the age of 18, no school league tables, no private tuition industry, no school uniforms. […]
2013 July 19, Peter Wilby, “Finland spreads word on schools”, in The Guardian Weekly, volume 189, number 6, page 30

verbexam (third-person singular simple present exams, present participle examing or (rare) examming, simple past and past participle examed or (rare) exammed)

present singular third person exams · participle present examing · participle present rare examming · participle past examed · past examed · participle past rare exammed · past rare exammed

sciencesShortened form of examine
Thin sections were stained with lead citrate and then examed using 1200EX electron microscope (JEOL, Tokyo, Japan).
2015 August 14, Hong-yan Ge, Zhong-jing Han, Pei Tian, Wen-jie Sun, Da-xi Xue, Yu Bi, Zhang-hui Yang, Ping Liu, PLoS One, volume 10, number 8, →DOI