(law) In a legal trial, the questioning of a witness by the attorney for the party who has called the witness to testify.

plural of direct examination

An examination that must be passed by persons who wish to practice law.

plural of bar examination

plural of 11-plus examination

plural of blue book examination

Alternative form of blue book exam

(Britain) An examination, now mostly phased out, taken at age 11, to select the type of secondary education – either a grammar school or a secondary modern school.

(slang) Indicating that a person is very foolish, or making a stupid decision.

(archaic) second-person singular simple present form of examine