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peruse
English
Etymology
From per- +? use, from either Medieval Latin (peruti, perusitare (“wear out”)) or Anglo-Norman (peruser (“use up”)), originally leading to two concurrent meanings, but only those derived from "to examine" survive today.
Pronunciation
- (UK, US) IPA(key): /p???u?z/
- Rhymes: -u?z
Verb
peruse (third-person singular simple present peruses, present participle perusing, simple past and past participle perused)
- (transitive) To examine or consider with care.
- (transitive) To read completely.
- (transitive, informal) To look over casually; to skim.
- (intransitive, regional) To go from place to place; to wander.
Usage notes
- The sense of "skimming" is proscribed by some authorities on usage, including the Oxford American Dictionary. The shift, however, is not dissimilar to that found in scan, and thus, interestingly, peruse and scan are a synonym pair in which each is a contranym meaning either "to read carefully" or "to read hastily". To avoid ambiguity—and reader annoyance—careful writers may prefer skim when skimming is meant or scrutinize when care is meant. The Oxford English Dictionary further notes that the word peruse was used as a general synonym for read as far back as the 16th century.
Derived terms
- perusable
- perusal
- peruser
Translations
Noun
peruse (plural peruses)
- An examination or perusal; an instance of perusing.
- 2008, Dave Robson, "Hi-tea, low cost!", Evening Gazette online, September 12,
- A peruse of the website looked promising […]
- 2008, Dave Robson, "Hi-tea, low cost!", Evening Gazette online, September 12,
Translations
Anagrams
- persue, purees, purées, rupees
Latin
Participle
peruse
- vocative masculine singular of perusus
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explore
English
Etymology
From Middle French explorer, from Latin expl?r?re (“to investigate, search out”), itself said to be originally a hunters' term meaning "to set up a loud cry", from ex- (“out”) + pl?r?re (“to cry”), but the second element is also explained as "to make to flow" (from pluere (“to flow”)).
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) enPR: ?ksplô?, IPA(key): /?k?spl??/
- (General American) enPR: ?ksplôr?, IPA(key): /?k?spl??/
- (rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger) enPR: ?kspl?r?, IPA(key): /?k?splo(?)?/
- (non-rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger) IPA(key): /?k?splo?/
- Rhymes: -??(?)
- Hyphenation: ex?plore
Verb
explore (third-person singular simple present explores, present participle exploring, simple past and past participle explored)
- (intransitive, obsolete) To seek for something or after someone.
- (transitive) To examine or investigate something systematically.
- (transitive) To travel somewhere in search of discovery.
- (intransitive, medicine) To examine diagnostically.
- (transitive) To (seek) experience first hand.
- (intransitive) To be engaged exploring in any of the above senses.
- (intransitive) To wander without any particular aim or purpose.
- (transitive) To seek sexual variety, to sow one's wild oats.
Synonyms
- (examine or investigate systematically): delve into, research
Derived terms
- explorer
Related terms
- exploration
- explorative
- exploratory
Translations
Noun
explore (plural explores)
- (colloquial) An exploration; a tour of a place to see what it is like.
- 2008, John Watters, Bonza Voyage
- Daylight was fading quickly, but I was still keen to have a little explore of the town and beach.
- 2008, John Watters, Bonza Voyage
French
Verb
explore
- first-person singular present indicative of explorer
- third-person singular present indicative of explorer
- first-person singular present subjunctive of explorer
- third-person singular present subjunctive of explorer
- second-person singular imperative of explorer
Portuguese
Verb
explore
- first-person singular present subjunctive of explorar
- third-person singular present subjunctive of explorar
- first-person singular imperative of explorar
- third-person singular imperative of explorar
Spanish
Verb
explore
- Formal second-person singular (usted) imperative form of explorar.
- First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of explorar.
- Formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of explorar.
- Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted?) present subjunctive form of explorar.
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