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- [puh-rooz]
- /pəˈruz/
- /pəˈruːz/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [puh-rooz]
- /pəˈruz/
Definitions of peruse word
- verb with object peruse to read through with thoroughness or care: to peruse a report. 1
- verb with object peruse to scan or browse: The shoppers perused the magazines near the cash register while waiting to check out. 1
- verb with object peruse to read. 1
- verb with object peruse to survey or examine in detail. 1
- transitive verb peruse read thoroughly 1
- verb peruse If you peruse something such as a letter, article, or document, you read it. 0
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Origin of peruse
First appearance:
before 1470 One of the 25% oldest English words
1470-80 in sense “use up, go through”; 1525-35 for current senses; per- + use
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Parts of speech for Peruse
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
peruse popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 82% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
peruse usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for peruse
verb peruse
- apprenticed — a person who works for another in order to learn a trade: an apprentice to a plumber.
- be-held — simple past tense and past participle of behold.
- browse — If you browse in a shop, you look at things in a fairly casual way, in the hope that you might find something you like.
- burn up — If something burns up or if fire burns it up, it is completely destroyed by fire or strong heat.
- candling — a long, usually slender piece of tallow or wax with an embedded wick that is burned to give light.
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