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Definition: Reexamine |
ReexamineVerb1. Look at again; examine again. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "reexamine" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1904. (references) |
Synonym: ReexamineSynonym: review (v). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Reexamine |
| English words defined with "reexamine": Rejudge. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "reexamine": LOCATION-AND-MEASUREMENT TECHNICIAN ♦ REVENUE AGENT. (references) |
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| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Civil Liberties | Czech Republic | Prime Minister Zeman has called periodically for the Interior Ministry to reexamine or cancel the official registration of skinhead organizations and others propagating racial hatred or fascism. (references) |
Economic History | Croatia | Due to the fiscal situation, the Racan government has been forced to reexamine its road development priorities. (references) |
Ukraine | Continual reliance on crude oil imports from Russia and Kazakhstan, and natural gas from Russia and Turkmenistan has forced Ukraine to reexamine both tapped and potential reserves located in eastern and western Ukraine, as well as in Crimea. (references) | |
Human Rights | Lebanon | The Government endorsed the commission report and then Prime Minister Salim al-Hoss called on all families to "accept reality despite its bitterness." However, in December 2000, following the release by the Syrian authorities of an estimated 149 Lebanese detainees from Syrian jails, including some who had been declared dead by the commission, the Government formed a new committee to reexamine the cases of those who had disappeared during the civil strife. (references) |
Mexico | The CNDH recommended that the PGR administratively investigate the conduct of the officials charged with guarding Suarez, perform a criminal investigation into the conduct of four PGR officials charged with torture, implement any and all necessary measures to ensure that those responsible were brought to justice, direct the Internal Control office to ensure that all investigations are carried out appropriately, and reexamine the results of the previous PGR findings. (references) | |
Political Economy | Mexico | The Secretariat of Foreign Relations publicly stated its desire to comply with recommendations by the IACHR and did so in at least one case during the year; the Government also created working groups to reexamine other cases. (references) |
Political Rights | Nigeria | Complaints about the Constitution persisted, and there were continued calls for a national conference to reexamine the constitutional and political structure of the country. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| Speaker | Term | Phrase(s) |
Bill Clinton | 1993-2001 | I challenge Congress to reexamine those policies and to reverse them. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| "Reexamine" is generally used as a lexical verb (infinitive) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Reexamine" is used about 12 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Lexical Verb (infinitive) | 100% | 12 | 101,599 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
reexamine | 3 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "reexamine"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||
Chinese | 復審 , 再检查. (various references) | ||||||||||
Farsi | ازنوازمودن , دوباره امتحان کردن . (various references) | ||||||||||
German | nachprüfen (check, collate, compare, re examine, recheck, reconsider, re-examine, revise, to audit, to reconsider, to reexamine, to verify, verify). (various references) | ||||||||||
Greek | εξετάζω πάλι. (various references) | ||||||||||
Pig Latin | eexamineray ponovo ispitati (revise). (various references) | ||||||||||
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Words beginning with "reexamine": reexamined, reexamines. (additional references) | |
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"Reexamine" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: reexaminw, reimagine, rexamine. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "reexamine" (pronounced rēegza"mun) |
| 6 | -g z a" m u n | examine. |
| 4 | -a" m u n | famine, gammon, salmon. |
| 3 | -m u n | abdomen, acumen, adman, admen, airman, albumin, alderman, antihistamine, Ashman, assemblywoman, backgammon, backwoodsman, Badman, bagman, barman, baseman, bayman, bellman, Benjamin, bitumen, Boardman, boatman, bookman, Bowman, bowmen, brakeman, bushman, businesswoman, cameraman, Carman, Carmen, carmine, cattlemen, Cayman, chairman, chairwoman, Chapman, chessman, chrismon, churchman, churchmen, cinnamon, clergyman, coachman, cochairman, committeeman, common, congressman, congresswoman, corpsman, councilman, councilwoman, councilwomen, countryman, cowman, craftsman, craftsmen, crewman, daemon, dairymen, Daman, demon, desman, determine, Dolman, draftsman, draftsmen, dromon, dustman, Dutchman, Ermine, Everyman, ferryman, fireman, firemen, Firman, footman, foramen, foreman, foremen, forewoman, Freedman, Freeman, freshman, gentleman, gentlewoman, gentlewomen, german, Goodman, gunman, hangman, headman, headsman, henchman, henchmen, Herdman, Hetman, horseman, horsemen, houseman, human, huntsman, hymen, illumine, infantryman, inhuman, jasmine, Kirkman, Landman, landsman, lawman, layman, laymen, Leman, lemon, Letterman, Liman, Lineman, linemen, lobsterman, longshoremen, lumen, madmen, marksman, messman, midshipman, newswoman, newswomen, nobleman, noblewoman, nonhuman, nurserymen, oarsman, ombudsman, omen, ottoman, Outman, overman, Packman, Penman, pitchman, Pitman, Plowman, policeman, policewoman, postman, predetermine, pressman, Pullman, ragmen, regimen, rifleman, Rodman, roman, rumen, salarymen, salesman, saleswoman, saleswomen, seaman, seamen, seedsman, semen, sermon, shaman, Shipman, showman, Spearman, specimen, spokesman, spokeswoman, sportsman, statesman, Stillman, Stockman, subhuman, summon, superhuman, superwoman, talisman, Telamon, thiamin, timberman, Titman, Toman, townsman, tradesmen, trainmen, uncommon, vitamin, watchman, Waterman, watermen, wingman, wireman, woman, women, Woodman, woodsmen, Woolman, workman, yachtsman, yeoman. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-e-e-e-i-m-n-r-x" | |
-1 letter: examinee, examiner. | |
-2 letters: examine. | |
-3 letters: airmen, axemen, ermine, examen, marine, meaner, meanie, remain, rename. | |
-4 letters: aerie, aimer, ameer, amine, anime, axmen, eerie, emeer, enema, exine, inarm, minae, miner, mirex, mixer, namer, ramee, ramen, ramie, ranee, reman, remex, remix, xenia. | |
-5 letters: airn, amen, amie, amin, amir, earn, emir, erne, exam, main, mair, mane, mare, maxi, mean, mere, mien, mina, mine, minx, mire, name, near, neem, nema, nixe, rain, rami, rani, ream, rein, rime. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-e-e-e-i-m-n-r-x" | |
+1 letter: reexamined, reexamines. | |
+2 letters: exterminate. | |
+3 letters: experimental, exterminated, exterminates. | |
+4 letters: exemplariness. | |
+5 letters: experimentally, extemporaneity. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)52 65 65 78 61 6D 69 6E 65 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references).-. . . -..- .- -- .. -. . |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01010010 01100101 01100101 01111000 01100001 01101101 01101001 01101110 01100101 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)R e e x a m i n e |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0052 0065 0065 0078 0061 006D 0069 006E 0065 |
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)527171906779758071 |
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