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noun
Intense study of someone or something.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable, usually
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noun
Thorough inspection of a situation or a case.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable, usually
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noun
An examination of catechumens, in the last week of Lent, who were to receive baptism on Easter Day.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable, usually
Topics: Christianity
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noun
A ticket, or little paper billet, on which a vote is written.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable, usually
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noun
An examination by a committee of the votes given at an election, for the purpose of correcting the poll.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable, usually
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verb
To scrutinize.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete, rare
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noun
the act of examining something closely (as for mistakes)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: examination
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Broader terms: investigation, investigating
Narrower terms: audit, autopsy, necropsy, postmortem, post-mortem, PM, postmortem examination, post-mortem examination, checkup, medical checkup, medical examination, medical exam, medical, health check, comparison, comparing, fine-tooth comb, fine-toothed comb, follow-up, followup, reexamination, review, going-over, once-over, look-over, ophthalmoscopy, palpation, tactual exploration, endoscopy, gonioscopy, keratoscopy, rhinoscopy, scan, search, survey, study, testing, time and motion study, time-and-motion study, time-motion study, motion study, time study, work study, inspection, bank examination
noun
a prolonged intense look
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: look, looking, looking at
History
From Middle English scrutiny, from Medieval Latin scrūtinium (“a search, an inquiry”), from Vulgar Latin scrūtor (“to search or examine thoroughly”), from Late Latin scrūta (“rubbish, broken trash”), from an extension of Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker- (“to cut”).
Across languages
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