scrutiny
Syllables: scru·ti·ny/ˈskɹuː.tɪ.ni//ˈskɹu.tɪ.ni/
scrutiny noun: intense study of someone or something.
Noun
scrutiny (usually uncountable, plural scrutinies)
- Intense study of someone or something.
- Thenceforth I thought thee worth my nearer view / And narrower scrutiny.1671, John Milton, “The First Book”, in Paradise Regain’d. A Poem. In IV Books. To which is Added, Samson Agonistes, London: […] J[ohn] M[acock] for John Starkey […], →OCLC, page 4
- So much for the occupant of the britscha, who waits, as all the horses are out at a ball or a scrutiny.1834, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter XVII, in Francesca Carrara. […], volume II, London: Richard Bentley, […], (successor to Henry Colburn), →OCLC, page 189
- Thorough inspection of a situation or a case.
- come under scrutiny
- A number of other mergers of U.S. railroads are mooted, but the I.C.C. [Interstate Commerce Commission] has made it clear that its assent to the N.& W.-Virginian proposal, which was unopposed by competitors or stockholders, should not be taken as an indication that others will swiftly pass its...1960 January, “Talking of Trains: N.& W.-Virginian merger”, in Trains Illustrated, page 9
- An examination of catechumens, in the last week of Lent, who were to receive baptism on Easter Day.
- A ticket, or little paper billet, on which a vote is written.
- An examination by a committee of the votes given at an election, for the purpose of correcting the poll.
- The Returning Officer on the day appointed to make a scrutiny of the poll1872, William Dougal Christie, The Ballot, and Corruption and Expenditure at Elections
Verb
scrutiny (third-person singular simple present scrutinies, present participle scrutinying, simple past and past participle scrutinied)
- To scrutinize.
scrutiny meaning in Tamil, Marathi, Urdu and Bengali
scrutiny in Tamil
- கூர்ந்தாய்வு, மீளாய்வு, நுண்ணாய்வு, முரணாய்வு, பிறழாய்வு, தவறாய்வு
scrutiny in Marathi
- छाननी, छाननीला
scrutiny in Urdu
- چھان بین, جانچ, جانچ پڑتال, پڑتال, پرکھ
scrutiny in Bengali
- scrutiny, search
- তদন্ত todonto
More languagesFewer languages
- scrutiny in Telugu
- పరిశీలన pariśīlana
- scrutiny in Malayalam
- വിശദപരിശോധന
- scrutiny in Kannada
- ಸೂಕ್ಷ್ಮ ಪರಿಶೀಲನೆ, ತನಿಖೆ, ಕೂಲಂಕಷ ಪರೀಕ್ಷೆ, ವಿಮರ್ಶಕ ದೃಷ್ಟಿ
- scrutiny in Tagalog
- balukitkit
- scrutiny in Arabic
- تَدْقِيق tadqīq
- scrutiny in Malay
- penelitian
- scrutiny in Indonesian
- pencermatan
- scrutiny in Persian
- موشکافی mušekâfi
Examples of scrutiny in a sentence
- Even though the concept is new to public scrutiny, pundits recognize that the web celeb archetype is profoundly affecting conventional media.
- The thinker imprudently dismissed the ontological premises of the argument without engaging in dialectical scrutiny, thereby undermining the epistemic integrity of the discourse.
- “It’s important that there’s proper scrutiny when the scrutiny is needed,” they said.
Synonyms of scrutiny
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Forms of scrutiny
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | scrutinies |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | scrutinies |
| present participle | scrutinying |
| past participle | scrutinied |
| past | scrutinied |
Origin of scrutiny
From Middle English scrutiny, from Medieval Latin scrūtinium (“a search, an inquiry”), from Vulgar Latin scrūtor (“to search or examine thoroughly”), from Late Latin scrūta (“rubbish, broken trash”), from an extension of Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker- (“to cut”).
Words formed from scrutiny
Questions about scrutiny
- What does scrutiny mean?
- Scrutiny means intense study of someone or something.
- What is scrutiny in Tamil?
- Scrutiny in Tamil is கூர்ந்தாய்வு, மீளாய்வு, நுண்ணாய்வு. See Scrutiny meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is scrutiny?
- Scrutiny can be a noun or a verb.
- How do you pronounce scrutiny?
- Scrutiny is pronounced /ˈskɹuː.tɪ.ni/ (UK).
- What is the plural of scrutiny?
- The plural of scrutiny is scrutinies.
Words near scrutiny in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: scrutiny (page history and authors); scrutiny (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); scrutiny (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); scrutiny (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); তদন্ত (Bengali) (page history and authors); scrutiny (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); scrutiny (Kannada Wiktionary) (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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