Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English - exam

~ n 1 a spoken or written test of knowledge, especially an important one  (How did you do in your exams? | an oral exam | pass/fail an exam (=succeed/not succeed))  (Did you pass the exam? | chemistry/French etc exam (=an exam in a particular subject) | take/sit an exam)  (He failed his English exam and had to take it again) 2 AmE a set of medical tests  (an eye exam) 3 AmE the paper on which the questions for an exam are written  (Do not open your exams until I tell you.)