exam in English: An important test of what you know, often at school or university. (noun)

/ɪɡˈzæm/

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Translation

An important test of what you know, often at school or university.

Word origin

A short form of examination, from Latin examinare, to weigh or test, from examen, the pointer of a balance.

Gender

Pluralexams

An exam is a big, formal test.

You pass an exam when you do well and fail it when you do not.

"Final exams" are the big tests at the end of a course.

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Track this word in your spaced-repetition queue and be tested on it at the right interval.

This word is part of lesson 41.