perusal

English

Etymology

peruse +‎ -al

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pəˈɹuːzl̩/
• Rhymes: -uːzəl

Noun

perusal (countable and uncountable, plural perusals)

1. The act of perusing; studying something carefully.
   • 1913, Robert Barr, chapter 5, in Lord Stranleigh Abroad‎^[1]:

     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.

Related terms

• peruse

Translations

studying something carefully

• Bulgarian: изучаване (bg) n (izučavane)
• Finnish: tutkiminen (fi), huolellinen lukeminen
• Greek: μελετώ προσεκτικά (meletó prosektiká)
• Icelandic: lestur (is) m
• Latin: pellectiō f
• Russian: рассмотре́ние (ru) n (rassmotrénije), рассма́тривание (ru) n (rassmátrivanije), осмо́тр (ru) m (osmótr), прочте́ние (ru) n (pročténije), чте́ние (ru) n (čténije) (reading), изуче́ние (ru) n (izučénije) (study), иссле́дование (ru) n (isslédovanije) (research), перлюстра́ция (ru) f (perljustrácija) (perlustration)
• Spanish: escrutinio (es) m, lectura atenta f, lectura cuidadosa f

Anagrams

• epurals, serpula