perusal (redirected from perusals)

pe·ruse  (p-rz)

tr.v. pe·rused, pe·rus·ing, pe·rus·es

To read or examine, typically with great care.

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[Middle English perusen, to use up : Latin per-, per- + Middle English usen, to use; see use.]

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pe·rusa·ble adj.

pe·rusal n.

pe·ruser n.

Usage Note: Peruse has long meant "to read thoroughly" and is often used loosely when one could use the word read instead, as in The librarians checked to see which titles had been perused in the last month and which been left untouched. Seventy percent of the Usage Panel rejected this example in our 1999 survey. Sometimes people use it to mean "to glance over, skim," as in I only had a moment to peruse the manual quickly, but this usage is widely considered an error. In a 1988 survey, 66 percent of the Panel found it unacceptable, and in 1999, 58 percent still rejected it.

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

perusal - reading carefully with intent to remember perusing, poring over, studying reading - the cognitive process of understanding a written linguistic message; "his main reading was detective stories"; "suggestions for further reading"

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perusal

noun read, study, check, examination, inspection, scrutiny, browse, look through a quick perusal of the situations-vacant column

Translations

perusal [pəˈruːzəl] N → examen m
after a brief/careful perusal of the document → tras un somero/detenido examen del documento, tras una somera/detenida lectura del documento
a copy is enclosed for your perusal → adjunta se ha enviado una copia para que la examine

perusal [pəˈruːz^əl] n [book, catalogue, brochure] → consultation f

perusal

n → Lektüre f; (careful) → sorgfältige Durchsicht, Prüfung f; after a brief perusal of the newspaper he … → nachdem er kurz einen Blick in die Zeitung geworfen hatte …

perusal [pəˈruːz/əl] n → lettura

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perusal [pəˈruːz/əl] n → lettura