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examiner

noun

Simple meaning

Someone who administers a test to determine your qualifications.

Pronunciation

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ihgzamuhner

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IPA pronunciation (US)

ɪɡˈzæmənɚ

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Definition

Everyday modern meanings first, grouped by part of speech.

noun

  1. A person who sets an examination.

  2. A person who marks an examination.

  3. Someone who administers a test to determine your qualifications

  4. A person who investigates someone or something.

Word at a Glance

Difficulty
B2 · Upper Intermediate (estimated)
Frequency
Moderately Common
Typical Use
Neutral / general English

Word Aura™

How this word commonly comes across.

Aura for this meaning

This meaning: A person who sets an examination.

Used this way, examiner is a reasonably familiar word that usually carries little praise or criticism of its own. It usually sounds natural in a wide range of settings.

Emotional tone
Neutral
Formality
Neutral
Intensity
Not strongly marked
How common
Moderately common
Connotation
Matter-of-fact
Usage feel
Neutral and straightforward

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More ways to use examiner

  • “The examiner carefully reviewed all the submitted papers.”

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Word Family

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Inflected forms

Grammatical variations of the same word.

  • examineverbBase word

    Consider in detail and subject to an analysis in order to discover essential features or meaning.

Word family

Words built from the same root.

  • examinationnounDerived noun

    The act of examining something closely (as for mistakes).

Compound terms

Established multiword terms.

  • bank examinernounCompound term

    An examiner appointed to audit the accounts of banks in a given jurisdiction.

  • cross-examinernounCompound term

    Someone who questions a witness carefully (especially about testimony given earlier).

  • hearing examinernounCompound term

    An official appointed by a government agency to conduct an investigation or administrative hearing so that the agency can exercise its statutory powers.

  • medical examinernounCompound term

    A public official who investigates by inquest any death not due to natural causes.

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