for your perusal
for you to carefully read
TRANSLATION
for your perusal = "Zu Ihrer Einsichtnahme" --- GOOGLE INDEX perusal/peruse: approximately 1,800,000/3,000,000 Google hits
STATISTICS
IN THE PRESS
The chip will instead be programmed with an identification code, which when scanned will bring up a screen of data for the border guard’s PERUSAL.
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"He that shall PERUSE the political pamphlets of any past time will wonder why they were so eagerly read, or so loudly praised."
- Samuel Johnson, 18th-century British author
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"He that shall PERUSE the political pamphlets of any past time will wonder why they were so eagerly read, or so loudly praised."
- Samuel Johnson, 18th-century British author
Did you
know?
peruse
verb
- to read or examine, typically with great care
(The American Heritage Dictionary)
perusal
noun
- the act of reading or examining something, usually with great care
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WORD ORIGIN
The original definition of "to peruse" in Middle English (15th century) referred to "using up, wearing out or going through" something. It stemmed from "per" (completely) and "use" (use). The sense of "reading carefully" first appeared around 1530.
According to the American Heritage Dictionary, peruse has long meant "to read thoroughly" and is often used loosely when the word read could be used instead. Sometimes people use it to mean "to glance over, skim," as in "I only had a moment to peruse the manual quickly," but this usage is widely considered an error. Peruse and perusal are used primarily in formal communications and literature. They are used infrequently in informal, day-to-day conversations.
Perhaps this change from "reading thoroughly" to "glancing over" corresponds with our lifestyle transformation over the years. Many people are in a hurry these days. The pressure to quickly get something done, especially in the work world, is much greater now. The popularity of Power Point presentations is evidence of this trend with bullets, sentence fragments and pictures. Of course brevity is not useful when the author creates 100 slides. This defeats the purpose.
The original Constitution of the United States was written on a single piece of parchment for instance. It has since been expanded with the 27 Amendments and the Bill of Rights. Still, its creators did not attempt to cover every imaginable situation. In contrast the European Constitution, which has not been ratified as of 2008, consists of around 400 pages. It's no surprise then that most Europeans don't know what it contains.
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SYNONYMS
analyse, browse, glance over, inspect, look through, pore over, read, scan, scrutinize, skim, study
Note: peruse means examine or consider with attention and in detail; skim means examine hastily
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SMUGGLE OWAD INTO TODAY'S CONVERSATION:
"The first-quarter financial results are attached for your perusal."
verb
- to read or examine, typically with great care
(The American Heritage Dictionary)
perusal
noun
- the act of reading or examining something, usually with great care
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WORD ORIGIN
The original definition of "to peruse" in Middle English (15th century) referred to "using up, wearing out or going through" something. It stemmed from "per" (completely) and "use" (use). The sense of "reading carefully" first appeared around 1530.
According to the American Heritage Dictionary, peruse has long meant "to read thoroughly" and is often used loosely when the word read could be used instead. Sometimes people use it to mean "to glance over, skim," as in "I only had a moment to peruse the manual quickly," but this usage is widely considered an error. Peruse and perusal are used primarily in formal communications and literature. They are used infrequently in informal, day-to-day conversations.
Perhaps this change from "reading thoroughly" to "glancing over" corresponds with our lifestyle transformation over the years. Many people are in a hurry these days. The pressure to quickly get something done, especially in the work world, is much greater now. The popularity of Power Point presentations is evidence of this trend with bullets, sentence fragments and pictures. Of course brevity is not useful when the author creates 100 slides. This defeats the purpose.
The original Constitution of the United States was written on a single piece of parchment for instance. It has since been expanded with the 27 Amendments and the Bill of Rights. Still, its creators did not attempt to cover every imaginable situation. In contrast the European Constitution, which has not been ratified as of 2008, consists of around 400 pages. It's no surprise then that most Europeans don't know what it contains.
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SYNONYMS
analyse, browse, glance over, inspect, look through, pore over, read, scan, scrutinize, skim, study
Note: peruse means examine or consider with attention and in detail; skim means examine hastily
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SMUGGLE OWAD INTO TODAY'S CONVERSATION:
"The first-quarter financial results are attached for your perusal."
