perusing
present participle ofperuse
peruse
verb[T]
formaluk/pəˈruːz/us/pəˈruːz/toreadthrough something,especiallyinordertofindthepartyou areinterestedin:
Heopenedanewspaperandbeganto peruse thepersonalads.
Reading
- cross-refer
- deconstruct
- deconstruction
- dip intosomething
- dyslexic
- flick throughsomething
- leaf
- lip-read
- narrate
- nose
- pore oversomething
- putsomething/someonedown
- readsomeone'slipsidiom
- readsomethingout
- readsomethingover/through
- reading knowledge
- riffle
- scan
- semiotics
- wade throughsomething
Synonyms
check(EXAMINE)
checksomethingout(EXAMINE)informal
examine(LOOK AT CAREFULLY)
inspect
scan(LOOK)
study(EXAMINE)
survey(LOOK AT)formal
Examplesofperusing
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In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use.
Yet one cannot help but feel,perusingthese two energetic and hopeful volumes, that we are getting closer.
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I learnt for the first time, inperusingthis, that capital always starts as someone's spare income.
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Only one possibility occurred to me inperusingthese documents.
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In a word, we can read the crystal byperusingthe book.
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It is really not worth devoting time toperusingit.
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Nevertheless, despite the length and complexity of the amendment, afterperusingit most carefully, we are quite happy with it and wish to support it.
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What facilities will be made available forperusingthose lists?
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How can the review body properly assess the character of the complainant and the respondent, which must be relevant to the conclusion that they reach, simply byperusingwritten documentations?
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It makes it unnecessary to read over a complaint to a man who already has the complaint in writing in his hand and has had an opportunity ofperusingit.
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It is well worthperusing.
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He had a habit ofperusingbusiness journals and calling his broker from stadium payphones.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.The festival also offers some other activities such as playing the newest video games,perusingvendors, attending autograph signing sessions.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.One assumes thatperusinga larger number of choices imposes a cognitive burden on the individual.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Through the 1880s several aviation pioneers emerged in different countries around the world allperusingglider designs with varying degrees of success.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.He began by listening to old cds andperusingthe catalogs of different artists.
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