perusal

CEFRC1

/pəˈɹuːzl̩/

noun

Türkçe translations

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In plain English

  1. 01

    noun

    The act of reading or examining something carefully.

  2. 02

    noun

    Extra detail

    The act or process of perusing, or an instance of it.

Examples

  • I would like to submit my report for your perusal.

  • Please find attached the relevant documents for your perusal.

At a glance

Sits at C1 on the CEFR scale

Senses
4
Parts of speech
1
Citations
2

Deep Dive

noun

Extra meanings

  1. Studying something carefully; a careful study.

  2. Giving something a cursory scan; a cursory scan.

More examples

In context

  • Having therefore no assistance but from general grammar, I applied myself to the perusal of our writers;

  • These were business hours, and a feeling of loneliness crept over him, perhaps germinated by his sight of the illustrated papers, and accentuated by an attempted perusal of them.

Quick test

Two questions on this entry. Nothing is scored.

Question 1 · Quick check

After a careful blank of the contract, she noticed a hidden clause.

Practise this properly in the app, where the word comes back before you forget it.

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Origin

noun

From peruse + -al.