peruse

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• UK, US: /pəˈɹuːz/
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• CMU ARPABET: P ER0 UW1 Z Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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From either Medieval Latin perūtor, perūsitō (“wear out”) or Anglo-Norman peruser (“use up”), originally leading to two concurrent meanings, but only those derived from "to examine" survive today. By surface analysis, per- + use.

80 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Bulgarian: внимателно разглеждане (vnimatelno razgleždane) — perusal
• Chinese Mandarin: 细读 (Xì dú) — perusal
• Chinese Mandarin: 研读 (Yándú) — perusal
• Finnish: tutkimus — perusal
• Finnish: tarkastelu — perusal
• French: examen — perusal
• Hungarian: áttekintés — perusal
• Hungarian: átolvasás — perusal
• Hungarian: áttanulmányozás — perusal
• Russian: рассмотрение (rassmotrenije) — perusal
• Bulgarian: чета внимателно (četa vnimatelno) — to examine or consider with care
• Chinese Mandarin: 细读 (Xì dú) — to examine or consider with care
• Chinese Mandarin: 研读 (Yándú) — to examine or consider with care
• Czech: prostudovat — to examine or consider with care
• Czech: prozkoumat — to examine or consider with care
• Dutch: zorgvuldig onderzoeken — to examine or consider with care
• Finnish: tutkia — to examine or consider with care
• French: examiner — to examine or consider with care
• German: studieren — to examine or consider with care
• German: genau unter die Lupe nehmen — to examine or consider with care
• Greek: εξετάζω (exetázo) — to examine or consider with care
• Hungarian: áttanulmányoz — to examine or consider with care
• Hungarian: szemügyre vesz — to examine or consider with care
• Irish: breithnigh — to examine or consider with care
• Norwegian Bokmål: granske — to examine or consider with care
• Portuguese: examinar — to examine or consider with care
• Russian: изуча́ть (izučátʹ) — to examine or consider with care
• Russian: изучи́ть (izučítʹ) — to examine or consider with care
• Russian: рассма́тривать (rassmátrivatʹ) — to examine or consider with care
• Russian: рассмотре́ть (rassmotrétʹ) — to examine or consider with care
• Slovak: preštudovať — to examine or consider with care
• Slovak: preskúmať — to examine or consider with care
• Spanish: examinar — to examine or consider with care
• Spanish: mirar con detenimiento — to examine or consider with care
• Spanish: bichar — to examine or consider with care
• Spanish: revisar — to examine or consider with care
• Swedish: granska — to examine or consider with care
• Turkish: inceleme — to examine or consider with care
• Turkish: araştırma — to examine or consider with care
• Turkish: mütalaa — to examine or consider with care
• Turkish: etüt — to examine or consider with care
• Czech: přečíst — to read completely
• Czech: pročíst — to read completely
• Finnish: lukea huolellisesti — to read completely
• German: durchlesen — to read completely
• Greek: μελετώ (meletó) — to read completely
• Hungarian: végigolvas — to read completely
• Icelandic: lesa gaumgæfilega — to read completely
• Icelandic: lesa — to read completely
• Ido: parkurar — to read completely
• Ido: parlektar — to read completely
• Manx: aalhaih — to read completely
• Norwegian Bokmål: gjennomlese — to read completely
• Portuguese: ler todo — to read completely
• Russian: прочи́тывать (pročítyvatʹ) — to read completely
• Russian: прочита́ть (pročitátʹ) — to read completely
• Spanish: leer detenidamente — to read completely
• Ottoman Turkish: اوقومق (okumak) — to read completely
• Catalan: llegir per sobre — look over casually
• Catalan: llegir en diagonal — look over casually
• Catalan: fullejar — look over casually
• Czech: prohlédnout — look over casually
• Czech: přelétnout — look over casually
• French: jeter un coup d'œil — look over casually
• French: survoler — look over casually
• French: feuilleter — look over casually
• German: überfliegen — look over casually
• Hungarian: átolvas — look over casually
• Hungarian: átfut — look over casually
• Hungarian: áttekint — look over casually
• Norwegian Bokmål: skumlese — look over casually
• Norwegian Bokmål: skumme — look over casually
• Russian: просма́тривать (prosmátrivatʹ) — look over casually
• Russian: просмотре́ть (prosmotrétʹ) — look over casually
• Spanish: ojear — look over casually
• Spanish: hojear — look over casually
• Spanish: leer por encima — look over casually
• Spanish: ver por encima — look over casually
• Spanish: leer a la rápida — look over casually
• Spanish: trashojar — look over casually