verb

• 1 formal Read (something), typically in a thorough or careful way.

  ‘he has spent countless hours in libraries perusing art history books and catalogues’

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  • ‘I perused several online reviews’
  • ‘By now, having thoroughly perused the menu, it was obvious that Haus Munchen was priced very moderately.’
  • ‘You can navigate by country, topic or forum and read expert advice or peruse articles.’
  • ‘The Tribunal perused the original and read the copies that were made for its use.’
  • ‘He said he needed to peruse these documents before he could make any submissions against the extradition of his client.’
  • ‘I found myself having a different kind of experience reading this work than I have ever had perusing a materia medica.’
  • ‘Readers who are accustomed to perusing statistical documents know what the set of numbers in the parentheses means.’
  • ‘At the end of the long room, a grey haired sixty year old man is tapping his desk with his fingers whilst perusing a wad of documents.’
  • ‘Upon opening the door Jack was surprised to find Chris sitting on the couch perusing a medical journal.’

  Synonyms

  leaf, flick, flip, skim, browse, glance, look, riffle

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  1. 1.1Examine carefully or at length.
     ‘Laura perused a Caravaggio’
     More example sentences

     • ‘She thoroughly perused the room to make sure Pablo was nowhere nearby.’
     Synonyms

     peruse, study, scrutinize, look through

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