perusal
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]perusal (countable and uncountable, plural perusals)
- The act or process of perusing, or an instance of it.
- Studying something carefully; a careful study.
- Please find attached the relevant documents for your perusal.
- 1913, Robert Barr, chapter 5, in Lord Stranleigh Abroad[1]:
- These were business hours, and a feeling of loneliness crept over him, perhaps germinated by his sight of the illustrated papers, and accentuated by an attempted perusal of them.
- Giving something a cursory scan; a cursory scan.
- Studying something carefully; a careful study.
Usage notes
[edit]See peruse § Usage notes.
Translations
[edit]studying something carefully
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