scrutinize

WOTD – 24 August 2009

English

Alternative forms

• scrutinise (Commonwealth)

Etymology

From scrutiny +‎ -ize.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈskɹuːtə.naɪz/

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.

   to scrutinize the conduct or motives of individuals

   • Ayliffe

     whose votes they were obliged to scrutinize

   • G. W. Cable

     Those pronounced him youngest who scrutinized his face the closest.

2. (transitive) To audit accounts etc in order to verify them.

Related terms

• inscrutable
• scrutineer
• scrutiny

Translations

to examine with great care

• Armenian: զննել (znnel), քննել (kʿnnel), մանրամասն ուսումնասիրել (manramasn usumnasirel)
• Catalan: escrutar (ca)
• Czech: prohlédnout (cs)
• Danish: granske
• Finnish: tarkastaa (fi), tutkia tarkasti, tutkia tarkoin, tarkastella (fi)
• French: scruter (fr)
• German: gründlich prüfen, hinterfragen (de), gewissenhaft überprüfen

• Hungarian: tüzetesen megvizsgál
• Italian: scrutare
• Maori: whakatātare, whakatare, whakataretare
• Norwegian: granske (no)
• Old English: sceawian
• Portuguese: escrutinizar
• Russian: тщательно проверять (tščatelʹno proverjatʹ), тщательно исследовать (tščatelʹno issledovatʹ)
• Spanish: escrutar (es), examinar (es), escudriñar (es)
• Swedish: granska (sv), mönstra (sv), nagelfara (sv), skärskåda (sv), lusläsa, syna (sv)
• Telugu: పరిశీలించు (te) (pariśīliṃcu)
• Turkish: irdelemek (tr), tetkik etmek (tr)

to audit accounts

• Finnish: tarkastaa (fi)