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Definition: Scrutinise |
ScrutiniseVerb1. To look at critically or searchingly, or in minute detail: "he scrutinized his likeness in the mirror.". 2. Of accounts and tax returns; with the intent to verify. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "scrutinise" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1613. (references) |
"Scrutinise" is a common misspelling or typo for: scrutinize, scrutinized. |
Synonyms: ScrutiniseSynonyms: audit (v), inspect (v), scrutinize (v), size up (v), take stock (v). (additional references) |
| Title | Author | Quote |
A Christmas Carol | Dickens, Charles | Secrets that few would like to scrutinise were bred and hidden in mountains of unseemly rags, masses of corrupted fat, and sepulchres of bones |
Les Miserables | Hugo, Victor | Even while speaking, he seemed to scrutinise him closely as if he were trying to recall some reminiscence |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| "Scrutinise" is generally used as a lexical verb (infinitive) -- approximately 90.91% of the time. "Scrutinise" is used about 77 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 |
| Lexical Verb (infinitive) | 90.91% | 70 | 39,981 |
| Lexical Verb (base form) | 7.79% | 6 | 143,867 |
| Noun (singular) | 1.3% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Total | 100.00% | 77 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
scrutinise | 8 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "scrutinise"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Chinese | 详细检查 (canvassed, Canvassing, scrutinize, Scrutinized, Scrutinizing). (various references) | |
Greek | ξετάζω, εξετάζω (consider, examine, go over, inquire, investigate, look over, probe, pry, query, question, quiz, screen, think about). (various references) | |
Hungarian | tüzetesen megvizsgál (to scrutinise, to scrutinize), alaposan megvizsgál (to scrutinise, to scrutinize). (various references) | |
Italian | scrutinare (count, scrutinize). (various references) | |
Korean | 자세히 조사하십시" (scrutinize). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | utinisescray.(various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "scrutinise": scrutinised, scrutinises. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: scrutinies. | |
| Words within the letters "c-e-i-i-n-r-s-s-t-u" | |
-1 letter: cutinises, incisures, neuritics, ricinuses, sciurines. | |
-2 letters: cisterns, citrines, citruses, crinites, cuisines, curtness, curtsies, cutinise, encrusts, eristics, incisure, inciters, incrusts, insister, neuritic, neuritis, rictuses, sciurine, sericins, sinister. | |
-3 letters: cistern, citrine, citrins, cretins, crinite, cruises, crusets, cuisine, curites, cutises, encrust, eristic, estrins, iciness, icterus, ictuses, incests, incises, inciter, incites, incrust, incuses, insects, inserts, insures, irenics. | |
| Words containing the letters "c-e-i-i-n-r-s-s-t-u" | |
+1 letter: scrutinised, scrutinises, scrutinizes. | |
+2 letters: excursionist, insecurities, neuroticisms, scrutinizers. | |
+3 letters: consumeristic, excursionists, incuriosities, insectivorous, insurrections, percussionist, reductionisms, reductionists, resuscitating, resuscitation. | |
+4 letters: circuitousness, destructionist, neuroscientist, percussionists, reacquisitions, resuscitations, superscription, universalistic, victoriousness. | |
+5 letters: anfractuosities, circumspections, destructionists, instructiveness, insurrectionist, multiprocessing, neuroscientists, precipitousness, reconstitutions, resurrectionist, secularizations, securitizations, superinductions, superinfections, superscriptions, ultraprecisions. | |
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| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Quotations: Fiction 4. Usage Frequency | 5. Expressions: Internet 6. Translations: Modern 7. Derivations 8. Anagrams | 9. Bibliography |
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