peruse

Meaning

Verb

1. (transitive) To examine or consider with care.
2. (transitive) To read completely.
3. (informal, transitive) To look over casually; to skim.
4. (intransitive, regional) To go from place to place; to wander.

Noun

An examination or perusal; an instance of perusing.

Synonyms

read

📖

study

examine

inspect

look through

investigate

explore

consider

contemplate

declaim

deliberate

enquire

essay

go through

look into

look over

meditate

ponder

quiz

say

🗣️

scan

screen

screen out

scrutinize

see

👀

sift

sound

🔉

survey

test

try

vet

dip into

research

search

read carefully

anatomize

canvas

canvass

case

check out

con

Translations

examinar

ler

📖

lezen

📖

durchgehen

examiner

leer

📖

xwandin

قرأ

📖

xwendin

📖

lesen

📖

prüfen

llegir

📖

überfliegen

lire attentivement

Pronounced as (IPA)

/pəˈɹuːz/

Etymology

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.