examiner

«examiner» in Mova's school dictionary: A person who sets or marks an exam or test, as in «The… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

noun (an examiner, examiners)

meaning for a pupil

1) A person who sets or marks an exam or test, as in «The examiner marked our papers». tree →

2) A person who checks something carefully, as in a «driving examiner» or a «medical examiner». tree →

3) (in a newspaper name) Several newspapers are called «The Examiner». tree →

sense in the lessons

In school, especially the UK, examiners mark SATs, GCSEs and music exams; teachers say «Show your working for the examiner». In everyday life, a driving test examiner decides if you pass. In crime stories, a «medical examiner» finds out how someone died.

examples

• The examiner said to start writing. tree →
• Write neatly so the examiner can read your answer. tree →
• Mum passed her driving test first time — the examiner was impressed. tree →
• The piano examiner asked me to play a scale. tree →
• The medical examiner looked at the evidence. tree →
• Examiners give marks for showing your working. tree →

note

Takes «an». The person who takes the exam is the «candidate» or «examinee». Verb: «examine».

In the corpora

• Ratings are decided by trained examiners who follow published rules, not by the film makers, and not by guessing.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «examiner» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.