Meaning

2 senses
  1. (transitive)To examine something with great care or detail, as to look for hidden or obscure flaws.

    to scrutinize the conduct or motives of individuals

    gründlich prüfen, hinterfragen, gewissenhaft überprüfen

    тща́тельно проверя́тьtščátelʹno proverjátʹ, тща́тельно иссле́доватьtščátelʹno isslédovatʹ

    to look at critically or searchingly, or in minute detail

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

Examples

5 sentences
  1. He scrutinized the document one final time before approving it.

    ruОн тщательно изучил документ в последний раз, прежде чем одобрить его.

    deEr überprüfte das Dokument ein letztes Mal genau, bevor er seine Zustimmung erteilte.

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  2. Spenser's mother often scrutinizes him for every small mistake he makes.

    deSpensers Mutter überprüft oft jeden kleinen Fehler, den er macht.

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  3. He was carefully scrutinizing the man sitting in front of him.

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  4. I will scrutinize you closely.

    deIch werde dich genau unter die Lupe nehmen.

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  5. We're going to scrutinize everything.

    deWir werden alles eingehend untersuchen.

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Translations

7 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
to examine with great care:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
to examine with great care:

Forms

scrutinizes, scrutinizing, scrutinized, scrutinized
Base formscrutinize · to scrutinize
3rd person singularscrutinizes
Present participlescrutinizing
Past simplescrutinized
Past participlescrutinized

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyscrutinize
he, she, itscrutinizes

Past simpleLesson

all personsscrutinized

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave scrutinized
he, she, ithas scrutinized

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill scrutinize

Synonyms

5 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

4 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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