Perusal
noun
The act of reading or examining something carefully.
Your contract is ready for your perusal.
Often appears as...
- for your perusal
- careful perusal
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Formal
noun
The act of reading or examining something carefully.
Your contract is ready for your perusal.
Often appears as...
- for your perusal
- careful perusal
Usage tips
Formal
Definition 1 of 1
Pro Tip 1/3Attention to Detail
Perusal implies a thorough and careful reading, not just skimming over the content.
He gave the document a careful perusal before signing it.
Pro Tip 2/3Formal Usage
The word 'perusal' is formal and mainly used in official or business contexts.
Please find enclosed the report for your perusal.
Pro Tip 3/3Implies Time
'Perusal' suggests taking the time needed to understand or analyze something fully.
The scientist's notes were open for perusal by the visiting scholars.
Pro Tip 1/3Attention to Detail
Perusal implies a thorough and careful reading, not just skimming over the content.
He gave the document a careful perusal before signing it.
Pro Tip 2/3Formal Usage
The word 'perusal' is formal and mainly used in official or business contexts.
Please find enclosed the report for your perusal.
Pro Tip 3/3Implies Time
'Perusal' suggests taking the time needed to understand or analyze something fully.
The scientist's notes were open for perusal by the visiting scholars.
Pro Tip 1/3Attention to Detail
Perusal implies a thorough and careful reading, not just skimming over the content.
He gave the document a careful perusal before signing it.
Pro Tip 2/3Formal Usage
The word 'perusal' is formal and mainly used in official or business contexts.
Please find enclosed the report for your perusal.
Pro Tip 3/3Implies Time
'Perusal' suggests taking the time needed to understand or analyze something fully.
The scientist's notes were open for perusal by the visiting scholars.
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Video examples
Amory Lovins: We must...
And it was co-sponsored by the Pentagon -- it's independent, it's peer-reviewed and all of the backup calculations are transparently posted for your perusal. Now, a bit of economic history, I think, may be helpful here. Around 1850, one of the biggest U.S. industries was whaling.
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Amory Lovins: We must...
And it was co-sponsored by the Pentagon -- it's independent, it's peer-reviewed and all of the backup calculations are transparently posted for your perusal. Now, a bit of economic history, I think, may be helpful here. Around 1850, one of the biggest U.S. industries was whaling.
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Quote examples
Thomas Bailey Aldrich
American Poet
Books that have become classics - books that have had their day and now get more praise than perusal - always remind me of retired colonels and majors and captains who, having reached the age limit, find themselves retired on half pay.
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Hermann Ebbinghaus
German Psychologist
The aim of the tests carried on with these syllable series was, by means of repeated audible perusal of the separate series, to so impress them that immediately afterward they could voluntarily be reproduced.
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H. P. Lovecraft
American Novelist
No formal course in fiction-writing can equal a close and observant perusal of the stories of Edgar Allan Poe or Ambrose Bierce.
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Thomas Bailey Aldrich
American Poet
Books that have become classics - books that have had their day and now get more praise than perusal - always remind me of retired colonels and majors and captains who, having reached the age limit, find themselves retired on half pay.
Quote examples
Hermann Ebbinghaus
German Psychologist
The aim of the tests carried on with these syllable series was, by means of repeated audible perusal of the separate series, to so impress them that immediately afterward they could voluntarily be reproduced.
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H. P. Lovecraft
American Novelist
No formal course in fiction-writing can equal a close and observant perusal of the stories of Edgar Allan Poe or Ambrose Bierce.
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