verb · transitive · rare

peruse

peruse · peruses · perused · perusing

рассматривать, рассмотреть, изучать, изучить

studieren, genau unter die Lupe nehmen, durchlesen

To examine or consider with careTo examine or consider with care.

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/pəˈɹuːz/

» Tom perused the menu.

Том изучил меню.

Том внимательно прочитал меню.

Том уважно вивчав меню.

Meaning

4 senses

(transitive)To examine or consider with care.
studieren, genau unter die Lupe nehmen
изуча́тьizučátʹ, изучи́тьizučítʹ, рассма́триватьrassmátrivatʹ
examine or consider with attention and in detail
(transitive)To read completely.
durchlesen
прочи́тыватьpročítyvatʹ, прочита́тьpročitátʹ
(informal, transitive)To look over casually; to skim.
überfliegen
просма́триватьprosmátrivatʹ, просмотре́тьprosmotrétʹ
(intransitive, regional)To go from place to place; to wander.

Examples

11 sentences

Tom perused the menu.
Том уважно вивчав меню.
ruТом изучил меню.
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He's perusing the classifieds in the newspaper.
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Mary's wanderlust grew from regularly perusing travel magazines.
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I didn't have time to peruse the article.
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She perused a magazine while waiting for her date to show up.
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Translations

6 languages

Русский

By meaning 3

to examine or consider with care:

to read completely:

look over casually:

Deutsch

By meaning 3

to examine or consider with care:

to read completely:

look over casually:

Origin

From either Medieval Latin perūtor, perūsitō (“wear out”) or Anglo-Norman peruser (“use up

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.

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