| examination |
| 1. n. The act of examining. | |
| 2. n. Particularly, an inspection by a medical professional to establish the extent and nature of any sickness or injury. | |
| 3. n. A formal test involving answering written or oral questions under a time constraint and usually without access to textbooks. | |
| 4. n. Interrogation. | |
| and |
| 1. conj. As a coordinating conjunction; expressing two elements to be taken together or in addition to each other. | |
| 2. conj. Used simply to connect two noun phrases, adjectives or adverbs. | |
| 3. conj. Simply connecting two clauses or sentences. | |
| 4. conj. Introducing a clause or sentence which follows on in time or consequence from the first. | |
| 5. conj. (obsolete) Yet; but. | |
| 6. conj. Used to connect certain numbers: connecting units when they precede tens (not dated); connecting tens and units to hundreds, thousands etc. (now often | |
| 7. conj. (now colloquial, or literary) Used to connect more than two elements together in a chain, sometimes to stress the number of elements. | |
| 8. conj. Connecting two identical elements, with implications of continued or infinite repetition. | |
| 9. conj. Introducing a parenthetical or explanatory clause. | |
| 10. conj. Introducing the continuation of narration from a previous understood point; also used alone as a question: ‘and so what?’. | |
11. conj. (now regional or somewhat colloquial) Used to connect two verbs where the second is dependent on the first: ‘to’. Used especially after come, | |
| 12. conj. Introducing a qualitative difference between things having the same name; "as well as other". | |
| 13. conj. Used to combine numbers in addition; plus (with singular or plural verb). | |
| 14. conj. Expressing a condition.: | |
| 15. conj. (now US dialect) If; provided that. | |
| 16. conj. (obsolete) As if, as though. | |
| 17. n. (enm, music, often informal) In rhythm, the second half of a divided beat. | |
| 18. n. (UK dialectal) Breath. | |
| 19. n. (UK dialectal) Sea smoke; steam fog. | |
| 20. v. (UK dialectal, intransitive) To breathe; whisper; devise; imagine. | |
| determination |
| 1. n. The act of determining, or the state of being determined. | |
| Through sheer determination, we managed to escape from the tornado. | |
| 2. n. Bringing to an end; termination; limit. | |
| 3. n. Direction or tendency to a certain end; impulsion. | |
| 4. n. The quality of mind which reaches definite conclusions; decision of character; resoluteness. | |
| 5. n. The state of decision; a judicial decision, or ending of controversy. | |
| 6. n. That which is determined upon; result of deliberation; purpose; conclusion formed; fixed resolution. | |
| 7. n. A flow, rush, or tendency to a particular part | |
| a determination of blood to the head | |
| 8. n. The act, process, or result of any accurate measurement, as of length, volume, weight, intensity, etc. | |
| the determination of the wavelength of light | |
| the determination of the level of salt in sea water | |
| the determination of the oxygen in the air | |
| 9. n. The act of defining a concept or notion by giving its essential constituents. | |
| 10. n. The addition of a distinguishing feature to a concept or notion, thus limiting its extent; -- the opposite of generalization. | |
| 11. n. The act of determining the relations of an object, such as genus and species; the referring of minerals, plants, or animals, to the species to which they belong; classification | |
| I am indebted to a friend for the determination of most of these shells. | |
| Test |
| 1. n. (cricket) (sometimes test) a Test match | |
| 2. n. A challenge, trial. | |
| 3. n. A cupel or cupelling hearth in which precious metals are melted for trial and refinement. | |
| 4. n. (academia) An examination, given often during the academic term. | |
| 5. n. A session in which a product or piece of equipment is examined under everyday or extreme conditions to evaluate its durability, etc. | |
| 6. n. (cricket, normally “Test”) A Test match. | |
| 7. n. (botany) Testa; seed coat. | |
| 8. n. (obsolete) Judgment; distinction; discrimination. | |
| 9. v. To challenge. | |
| Climbing the mountain tested our stamina. | |
| 10. v. To refine (gold, silver, etc.) in a test or cupel; to subject to cupellation. | |
| 11. v. To put to the proof; to prove the truth, genuineness, or quality of by experiment, or by some principle or standard; to try. | |
| to test the soundness of a principle; to test the validity of an argument | |
| 12. v. (academics) To administer or assign an examination, often given during the academic term, to (somebody). | |
| 13. v. To place a product or piece of equipment under everyday and/or extreme conditions and examine it for its durability, etc. | |
| 14. v. (copulative) To be shown to be by test. | |
| He tested positive for cancer. | |
| 15. v. (chemistry) To examine or try, as by the use of some reagent. | |
| to test a solution by litmus paper | |
| 16. n. (obsolete) A witness. | |
| 17. v. (obsolete, transitive) To attest (a document) legally, and date it. | |
| 18. v. (obsolete, intransitive) To make a testament, or will. | |
| 19. n. (informal, slang) testosterone | |
