to peruse
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7.0
- verb
- /pəˈruːz/
:
leer detenidamente
- Please take your time to peruse the details of the contract before signing it.
- perusing a book
- peruse the list
- peruse course offerings
Excuse me, would you mind if I peruse your stock portfolio?
- Excuse me, would you mind if I peruse your stock portfolio?
- All the science is available for you to read and peruse, but it's just so clever how it goes about South.
Examples
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I order a braille book catalog from the library and peruse it carefully.
Academic text (1996) -
So that all students have sufficient music to peruse, include at least ten pieces in each packet.
Academic text (2002) -
Excuse me, would you mind if I peruse your stock portfolio?
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Take them, peruse them, commit them to memory.
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These are just other pictures of the same thing with some details that you can peruse at your leisure.
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The result is a travel guide worth perusing today, even after fifty years.
Academic text (1990) -
The facilitator prompted the student to peruse a variety of books on the topic.
Academic text (1993) -
One of his favorite resources is a ten-volume United States history series that he peruses with regularity.
Academic text (2002) -
As per usual, Vinnie Amendola was drinking coffee and perusing the sports pages.
Fiction book (1992) -
Today, the Viennese continue to patronize the coffeehouses and avidly peruse the newspapers' swollen arts sections.
Academic text (2008)
Synonyms
∞
1.0
Study something carefully to understand it or decide
∞
1.3
To look at something to check it or find information
∞
2.8
To look carefully at something to find facts
∞
1.0
To look at something carefully to understand it
868
2.5
To look at something carefully to find facts or problems
675
3.2
To study something carefully to understand it better
670
2.4
To look at someone or something carefully to understand it
642
2.5
To check something carefully, like papers or work
619
2.4
To watch something carefully to learn about it
471
2.3
To study something carefully to learn more about it
412
1.3
To check something carefully, for example an essay or a machine
390
2.7
To look at something carefully to find mistakes or missing details
357
1.0
To look at something carefully
202
2.5
To look at something carefully to check if it works or is safe
180
2.8
To read or check something carefully for mistakes
70
6.2
To look at something very carefully to check for mistakes
61
4.7
To look deeply into a subject to find information
61
3.7
To look carefully through information to find what is important
59
3.3
To look at something carefully to see what it is like
48
3.7
To look carefully at something to learn about it
44
3.9
To look through many things carefully to find something specific
35
5.1
To ask careful questions to find hidden information
33
7.2
To look at or read something very carefully for a long time
28
5.5
To study things like books or papers carefully to find information
18
5.4
To look carefully at a place or person to get information before you act
7
7.4
To examine something deeply to learn more about it
4
3.2
To look at something carefully and check all its parts
To read something again carefully to find mistakes
Antonyms
How Carefully
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word peruse comes from old parts per- meaning 'thoroughly' and use meaning 'to use', so it originally meant to 'use completely'. That's why to peruse something is to read or examine it carefully and in detail.