perusal

P3E1R1U1S1A1L1
/pəˈɹuːzl̩/

noun

Studying something carefully; a careful study.

“Please find attached the relevant documents for your perusal.”

Less commonScrabble 9

Meanings

nounperusal (countable and uncountable, plural perusals)

plural perusals

  1. The act or process of perusing, or an instance of it.
    1. countableuncountableStudying something carefully; a careful study.

      Please find attached the relevant documents for your perusal.

      2 more examples

      Having therefore no assistance but from general grammar, I applied myself to the perusal of our writers;

      1755 April 15, Samuel Johnson, “Preface”, in A Dictionary of the English Language

      These were business hours, and a feeling of loneliness crept over him, perhaps germinated by his sight of the illustrated papers, and accentuated by an attempted perusal of them.

      1913, Robert Barr, chapter 5, in Lord Stranleigh Abroad
    2. countableuncountableGiving something a cursory scan; a cursory scan.

Synonyms & antonyms

nounreading carefully with intent to remember

Broader

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Englishperuse
  2. Proto-Indo-European*h₂el-
  3. Proto-Indo-European*h₂élisder.?
  4. Englishperusal

From peruse + -al.

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Translations

Bulgarian изучаване
  • изучаване (izučavane)studying something carefully
Finnish tutkiminen, huolellinen lukeminen
  • tutkiminenstudying something carefully
  • huolellinen lukeminenstudying something carefully
  • tarkastelustudying something carefully
Greek μελετώ προσεκτικά
  • μελετώ προσεκτικά (meletó prosektiká)studying something carefully
Icelandic lestur
  • lesturstudying something carefully
Latin pellectiō
  • pellectiōstudying something carefully
Russian рассмотре́ние, рассма́тривание
  • рассмотре́ние (rassmotrénije)studying something carefully
  • рассма́тривание (rassmátrivanije)studying something carefully
  • осмо́тр (osmótr)studying something carefully
  • прочте́ние (pročténije)studying something carefully
  • чте́ние (čténije)studying something carefully
  • изуче́ние (izučénije)studying something carefully
  • иссле́дование (isslédovanije)studying something carefully
  • перлюстра́ция (perljustrácija)studying something carefully
Spanish escrutinio, lectura atenta
  • escrutiniostudying something carefully
  • lectura atentastudying something carefully
  • lectura cuidadosastudying something carefully

Rhymes & wordplay

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Cite this entry
APA

perusal. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/perusal

MLA

“perusal.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/perusal. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “perusal,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/perusal.

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