re-examine en · VERB
Pronunciation
- (US) audio
- rē′ĭg-zăm′ĭn
- /ˌɹiː.əɡˈzɛm.ən/ (New-Zealand)
- /ˌɹi.ɪɡˈzæm.ɪn/ (Canada, General-American)
- /ˌɹi.ɪɡˈzam.ɪn/ (Scotland)
- /ˌɹiː.ɪɡˈzæm.ɪn/ conservative Received Pronunciation, Australia
- /ˌɹiː.ɪɡˈzam.ɪn/ (Received-Pronunciation, contemporary)
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Italic *wre- Latin re-der. Old French re-bor. Middle English re- English re- English examine English re-examine From re- + examine.
Meanings
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(transitive) To examine again.
Making long cross-country drives, Coster-Mullen said, had given him plenty of time to reëxamine the three-dimensional diagram of the bomb that he keeps in his head, like a Buddhist monk contemplating the Karmic wheel.
2008 December 7, David Samuels, “Atomic John: A truck driver uncovers secrets about the first nuclear bombs”, in The New Yorker:At the request of the Minister of Transport, the Commission is reviewing the achievements under the plan up to the end of 1958 and the benefits obtained from it, and is re-examining the course of the plan, with particular reference to the next five years "related to the future size of railway system needed in view of current economic developments and future expected requirements."
1959 February 14, “Re-Appraisal of Modernisation Plans”, in Railway Magazine, page 73:Let us now reexamine our quantum and relativity conditions (3.3) and (3.4).
2012 December 2, Mohhamad Reza Kiani, Relativity Reexamined, Elsevier, →ISBN, page 34:These questions are re-examined by senior management at key stages throughout the project (often known as gateways) at which a decision might be made be modify or even abort a project rather than waste any more money.
2019 November 6, Dennis Fancett, “Guest Columnist”, in Rail, page 52:
- (UK, transitive) To question a witness in redirect examination.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| re-examining | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| reëxamine | alternative | lexicographic | |
| re-examined | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| re-examined | Tense=Past | lexicographic | |
| reexamine | alternative | lexicographic | |
| re-examines | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic |
Deriveds
Hypernyms
Translations (11)
cmn 再调查 (to examine again) · cmn 覆審 /覆审 (to examine again) · fi tarkastella (to examine again) · cmn 复审 (to examine again) · de nachprüfen (to examine again) · ml പുനഃപരിശോധിക്കുക (to examine again) · cs přezkoušet (to examine again) · cmn 再調查 (to examine again) · gv aaronsee (to examine again) · fi tutkia uudelleen (to examine again) · gd ath-cheasnaich (to examine again)