Meaning

1 senses

  1. An examination or perusal; an instance of perusing.

    рассмотрениеrassmotrenije

Examples

11 sentences

  1. Tom perused the menu.

    Том уважно вивчав меню. — lingvokrolik

    ruТом изучил меню. — marafon

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  2. He's perusing the classifieds in the newspaper.

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  3. Mary's wanderlust grew from regularly perusing travel magazines.

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  4. I didn't have time to peruse the article.

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  5. She perused a magazine while waiting for her date to show up.

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Translations

2 languages
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By meaning 1
perusal:

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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Forms

plural: peruses
Singularperuse
Pluralperuses

regular

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
pertainpertinentC1perturbpervpervadepervasiveC2

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