bar exam

1. 1.

   an examination conducted at regular intervals to determine whether a candidate is qualified to practice law in a given jurisdiction

   “applicants may qualify to take the New York bar examination by graduating from an approved law school”

   “he passed the bar exam on his third try”

   Synonymsbar examination

   Broaderexamination

Questions about bar exam

What does bar exam mean?

bar exam means "an examination conducted at regular intervals to determine whether a candidate is qualified to practice law in a given jurisdiction".

What is another word for bar exam?

Close synonyms include bar examination. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is bar exam a common word?

bar exam is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.