Perusal

Definition: Perusal

Perusal

Noun

1. Reading carefully with intent to remember.

Date "perusal" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1258. (references)

Note: Perusal \Pe*rus"al\, noun. [From Peruse.]. (Websters 1913)

Synonyms: Perusal

Synonyms: perusing (n), poring over (n), studying (n). (additional references)

Context	Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).
Learning	Noun: learning; acquisition of knowledge; acquisition of skill; acquirement, attainment; edification, scholarship, erudition; acquired knowledge, lore, wide information; self-instruction; study, reading, perusal; inquiry.
Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

Crosswords: Perusal

English words defined with "perusal": Fore reading ♦ Reperusal. (references)

Domain	Title
Books	A journal by Thos. Hughes, for his amusement, & designed only for his perusal by the time he attains the age of 50 if he lives so long. (1778-1789) (reference) Abstracts of selected unpublished Geological Survey reports available for perusal at the Geological Survey (reference) Compleat Angler: Or the Contemplative Mans Recreation Being a Discourse of Fish and Fishing Not Unworthy the Perusal of Most Anglers (reference) The compleat angler, or, The contemplative man's recreation : being a discourse of rivers, fishponds, fish and fishing not unworthy the perusal of most anglers (reference) The Compleat Angler; or, The Contemplative Man's Recreation: Being a Discourse of Fish and Fishing for the Perusal of Anglers (reference) (more book examples)
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	A. Dream caused by the perusal of Mrs. H. Beecher Stowe's popular work Uncle Tom's Cabin.Credit: Library of Congress.
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Author	Date	Quotation
Treaty of Versailles	1919	The Federal Council has been led to make the preceding observations by the perusal of the draft Convention concerning the future constitution of the zones which was annexed to the note of April 26 from the French Government. (reference)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Subject	Topic	Quote
Human Rights	Korea	The Government also allows the personal perusal of North Korean books, music, television programs, and movies as a means to promote understanding and reconciliation with North Korea. (references)
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

"Perusal" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Perusal" is used about 63 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)

Parts of Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Noun (singular)	100%	63	42,364

Expression using "perusal": cursory perusal. Additional references.
Hypenated Usage
	Ending with "perusal": re-perusal.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Language		Translations for "perusal"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Albanian		lexim (read, reading). (various references)

Arabic		‏قراءة بعناية, ‏قراءة (reading). (various references)

Bulgarian		внимателно прочитане, прочит, преглеждане (inspection, review, scan). (various references)

Czech		prohlídka (examination, inspection, rummage, search, tour, visitation), proètení. (various references)

Farsi		مطالعه (Reading, Study), مرور (Glance, Lapse, Revisal, Revision, Tract). (various references)

French		lecture attentive, lecture. (various references)

German		Durchsicht (check, examination, inspection, revision). (various references)

Greek		προσεκτική ανάγνωση, διάβασμα (reading, study). (various references)

Hebrew		עיון (consideration, inspection, meditation, reference, reflection, study), הגיה (enunciation, expression, pronunciation, reading, study). (various references)

Hungarian		gondos átolvasás. (various references)

Indonesian		pembacaan. (various references)

Italian		lettura (interpretation, reading, scanning). (various references)

Japanese Kanji		閲読 (reading), 高覧 , 熟読 (careful reading), 味読 (appreciating a book), 一読 (one reading). (various references)

Japanese Katakana		いちどく (one reading), こうらん (bannister, handrail), じゅくどく (careful reading), みどく (appreciating a book, not yet read), えつどく (reading). (various references)

Manx		mynscrutaghey (analyse, analysis, dissect, dissection, narrow examination, peruse, scan, scansion, screen, scrutinize), lhaihderys (art of reading), aalhaih (peruse, read over). (various references)

Pig Latin		erusalpay

Portuguese		peruca (hairpiece, periwig, toupee, wig), leitura (lector, read, reading, readout). (various references)

Romanian		examinare atentã, citire (deciphering, lection, read, reading). (various references)

Russian		внимательное чтение, прочтение. (various references)

Serbo-Croatian		pregled (audit, auscultate, calendar, checkup, digest, exam, inspection, once-over, overhaul, overview, review, revise, scheme, scrutiny, survey). (various references)

Spanish		lectura concienzuda, examen detenido. (various references)

Swedish		genomläsning (reading through). (various references)

Turkish		okuma (reading), inceleme (analysis, anatomy, checkover, checkup, compendium, dissection, examination, inquisition, investigation, observing, research, sifting, study, survey, surveying). (various references)

Ukranian		уважне читання, розглядання. (various references)

Vietnamese		sự nhìn kỹ. (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Language	Period	Translations
Latin	500 BCE-Modern	lectio, lectione, lectionem, lectioni, lectionis. (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Derivations
	Words beginning with "perusal": perusals. (additional references)
Misspellings
	"Perusal" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: parusal, pausal, Pedraza, pereusal, Perissa, peroral, persa, persalt, persual, persusah, persusal, peruaal, peruskl, Peruzzi, Petruska, peural, Preesall, preoral, prepupal, Preubas, Preussag, pursual, purusal, Purusha. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

# of Phoneme Matches	Pronunciation	Word(s) rhyming with "perusal" (pronounced peruw"zul)
4	-uw" z u l	recusal, refusal.
3	-z u l	appraisal, arousal, Basil, causal, chisel, counterproposal, damsel, dazzle, disposal, drizzle, easel, embezzle, fizzle, frazzle, grizzle, guzzle, Hazel, menopausal, muzzle, nasal, nozzle, nuzzle, pretzel, proposal, puzzle, reappraisal, reprisal, sizzle, spousal, weasel, Wurzel.
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Direct Anagrams: pleuras.
	Words within the letters "a-e-l-p-r-s-u"
	-1 letter: lapser, pareus, parles, pauser, pearls, pleura, pulers, pulsar, pulser, saurel.
	-2 letters: apers, apres, arles, asper, aures, earls, lapse, lares, laser, leaps, lears, lures, paler, pales, pares, pareu, parle, parse, pause, peals, pearl, pears, pleas, prase, praus, presa, puler, pules, pulse, purls, purse, rales, rapes, reals, reaps, rules, salep, sepal, seral, slurp, spale.
	Words containing the letters "a-e-l-p-r-s-u"
	+1 letter: earplugs, flareups, graupels, perusals, plaguers, pleasure, purslane, specular, spirulae, superlay, supernal.
	+2 letters: larrupers, peculiars, pleasured, pleasures, plumerias, poulardes, prunellas, purslanes, sporulate, superable, superably, superlain, supermale, superreal, supersale, underlaps, uplanders.
	+3 letters: applauders, curlpapers, operculars, outsparkle, parasexual, parbuckles, peculators, pellagrous, pelycosaur, peninsular, pleasuring, plesiosaur, pluralizes, popularise, prelatures, presageful, presumable, presumably, propagules, psalterium, quadruples, sepulchral, specularly, speculator, sporulated, sporulates, spurgalled, superalloy, superclass, superclean, superflack, superlarge, superlunar, supermales, supernally, superplane, supersales, superscale, supplanter, suprarenal, surplusage, underplays.
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