peruseverb [ T ]
uk/pəˈruːz/us/pəˈruːz/formalto read through something, especially in order to find the part you are interested in:
He opened a newspaper and began to peruse the personal ads.
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Reading
- cross-reference
- deconstruct
- deconstruction
- devour
- dyslexia
- flip
- hermeneutic
- leaf through sth
- read sth over/through
- readable
- reader
- readership
- reading
- reading knowledge
- reference
- riffle
- run your eye over sth idiom
- skim
- thumb
- thumb through sth
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perusal
noun [ S or U ] uk/pəˈruː.zəl/us/pəˈruː.zəl/formal
a brief perusal (= a quick read)
He sent a copy of the report to the governors for their perusal (= for them to read).