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examine
Verb
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If you examine something, you look at it carefully.
In the last few years the effects of strength training have been closely examined.
Only one study to date has examined this question.
Jones (1979) examined relationships between children's intelligence and their friendships.
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If a doctor examines you, they look at you to see if you're healthy.
After examining her arm, the doctor told her that it was not broken.
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If you examine someone, you test them.
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If a lawyer examines you, they ask you questions in court.
the
Determiner
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Used, instead of a, to reference something specific, already known to exist.
Compare "I read a book." and "I read the book."
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Used with a stress, to show that the word following is special.
Are you the John Smith that I went to school with?
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Used with an adjective that acts like a noun to mean all of the people concerned
The poor are always with us.
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Used with superlatives forms of adjectives and adverbs.
You are the best.
possibility
Noun
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If there is a possibility of something, it might happen or it might be true.
There is a real possibility of war.
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The possibility of something is how possible it is.
There is a strong possibility of rain today.