MEANING
To examine something again or more closely.
Use it for
Words that belong together
- reexamine evidence
- reexamine an assumption
On the page
The investigator reexamined the evidence before revising the account.
The seminar reexamined an assumption the model treated as fixed.
Nearby words
Related words
Word forms
- Base
- reexamine
- Past tense
- reexamined
- Past participle
- reexamined
- Present participle
- reexamining
Full tense & aspect guide
- Present
- reexamine
- Present continuous
- am/is/are reexamining
- Present perfect
- have/has reexamined
- Present perfect continuous
- have/has been reexamining
- Past
- reexamined
- Past continuous
- was/were reexamining
- Past perfect
- had reexamined
- Past perfect continuous
- had been reexamining
- Future
- will reexamine
- Future continuous
- will be reexamining
- Future perfect
- will have reexamined
- Future perfect continuous
- will have been reexamining
Choose the auxiliary that agrees with your subject. These are constructions of one word, not separate entries.
Usage notes
Primary category: academic / formal. Forms: reexamine; reexamines; reexamined; reexamined; reexamining Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings. Established modern English lexical item. No separate regional spelling or grammatical inflection entry. Writing functions: renewed assessment, explicit formulation, classification and framing. Disciplines: academic writing, formal analysis. Commonness: moderately common. Third-person singular: reexamines.
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