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perusal

/pəˈɹuːzl̩/

perusal noun: studying something carefully; a careful study.

Noun

perusal (countable and uncountable, plural perusals)

  1. Studying something carefully; a careful study.
    • Please find attached the relevant documents for your perusal.
    • Having therefore no assistance but from general grammar, I applied myself to the perusal of our writers;1755 April 15, Samuel Johnson, “Preface”, in A Dictionary of the English Language
  2. Giving something a cursory scan; a cursory scan.

perusal meaning in Tamil, Urdu, Malayalam and Kannada

perusal in Tamil

ஓர்வு செய்தல், கவனமாகப்பார், பார்வையிடல்

perusal in Urdu

معائنہ, ملاحظہ, مطالعہ

perusal in Malayalam

സൂക്ഷ്മപരിശോധന, പഠനം, വായന

perusal in Kannada

ಓತ, ಓದಿಕೆ, ಕಲಿಕೆ, ಪರಿಶೀಲನ, ಅವಲೋಕನ
More languagesFewer languages
perusal in Odia
ପାଠ pāṭha

Forms of perusal

pluralperusals

Origin of perusal

From peruse + -al.

Words formed from perusal

Words that rhyme with perusal

Questions about perusal

What does perusal mean?
Perusal means studying something carefully; a careful study.
What is perusal in Tamil?
Perusal in Tamil is ஓர்வு செய்தல், கவனமாகப்பார், பார்வையிடல். See Perusal meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is perusal?
Perusal is a noun.
How do you pronounce perusal?
Perusal is pronounced /pəˈɹuːzl̩/.
What is the plural of perusal?
The plural of perusal is perusals.

Words near perusal in the dictionary

  1. Perun
  2. peruque
  3. peruqued
  4. peruques
  5. perusable
  6. perusal
  7. perusals
  8. peruse
  9. perused
  10. perusement
  11. peruser

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: perusal (page history and authors); perusal (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); perusal (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); perusal (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); perusal (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); ପାଠ (Odia) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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