scrutinize

WOTD - 24 August 2009    

English

Alternative forms

• scrutinise (Commonwealth)

Etymology

From scrutiny +‎ -ize.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈskɹuːtə.naɪz/, SAMPA: /"skru:t@.naIz/

Verb

scrutinize (third-person singular simple present scrutinizes, present participle scrutinizing, simple past and past participle scrutinized)

1. (transitive) To examine something with great care.
2. (transitive) To audit accounts etc in order to verify them.

Related terms

• inscrutable
• scrutineer
• scrutiny

Translations

to examine with great care

Armenian: զննել (hy) (znnel), քննել (hy) (k’nnel), մանրամասն ուսումնասիրել (hy) (manramasn usumnasirel) Danish: granske (da) Finnish: tarkastaa (fi), tutkia tarkasti, tutkia tarkoin, tarkastella (fi) French: scruter (fr) German: gründlich prüfen

Italian: scrutare Norwegian: granske (no) Old English: sceawian (ang) Russian: тщательно проверять (ru), тщательно исследовать (ru) Spanish: escrutar (es), examinar (es) Swedish: granska (sv), mönstra (sv), nagelfara (sv), skärskåda (sv), lusläsa (sv), syna (sv) Telugu: పరిశీలించు (te) (pariSeelinchu)

to audit accounts

Finnish: tarkastaa (fi)