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re-examination en · NOUN

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Italic *wre- Latin re-der. Old French re-bor. Middle English re- English re- English examination English re-examination From re- + examination.

Meanings

1. (countable, uncountable) A second or subsequent examination.
   • Mr. Dunbar also urged re-examination of present track maintenance methods. 1961 December, “Talking of Trains: Manpower economy”, in Trains Illustrated, page 712:
   • Barker believed that evidence was emerging that a "solid proportion" of operations were "grossly uneconomic", and that no amount of improvement in equipment would make them viable. He suggested that "while the superstructure of the report is correct, the foundations require radical re-examination". 2023 March 8, David Clough, “The long road that led to Beeching”, in RAIL, number 978, page 42:
   • Inverclyde Royal Hospital in Greenock told 198 patients to return for re-examination last month after the NHS said they had not received the full range of checks. 2007 July 22, “Women called back to clinic have breast cancer”, in Alan Rusbridger, editor, The Guardian, London: Guardian News & Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 05 Oct 2014:
2. (countable, uncountable) Subsequent questioning of a witness after cross-examination.
3. (US, countable, uncountable) In United States patent law, a procedure under which an issued patent is returned to the examiner to determine if it remains valid in light of newly discovered prior art.

Forms

Translations (5)

gd ath-cheasnachadh (a second or subsequent examination) · it riesame (a second or subsequent examination) · fa تجدید نظر (a second or subsequent examination) · el επανεξέταση (a second or subsequent examination) · ml പുനഃപരിശോധന (a second or subsequent examination)