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- Dictionaryscrutinize/ˈskruːtɪnʌɪz/
verb
- 1. examine or inspect closely and thoroughly: "customers were warned to scrutinize the small print"
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scrutinize, scan, inspect, examine mean to look at or over. scrutinize stresses close attention to minute detail. scrutinized the hospital bill. scan implies a surveying from point to point often suggesting a cursory overall observation. scanned the wine list.
SCRUTINIZE definition: 1. to examine something very carefully in order to discover information: 2. to examine something…. Learn more.
Scrutinizing is very different from glancing or gazing. It's even more than a long, hard look. To scrutinize something, you have to look at it really critically, investigating every nook and cranny. Often things are scrutinized to verify if they're correct or authentic.
If you scrutinize something, you examine it very carefully, often to find out some information from it or about it.
There are three meanings listed in OED's entry for the verb scrutinize, one of which is labelled obsolete. See ‘Meaning & use’ for definitions, usage, and quotation evidence.
If you something, you examine it very carefully, often to find out some information from it or about it. A complete guide to the word "SCRUTINIZE": definitions, pronunciations, synonyms, grammar insights, collocations, examples, and translations.
to look at or examine someone or something carefully She leaned forward to scrutinize their faces. The statement was carefully scrutinized before publication.
scrutinize - to look at critically or searchingly, or in minute detail; "he scrutinized his likeness in the mirror"
SCRUTINIZE meaning: to examine (something) carefully especially in a critical way.
SCRUTINIZE meaning: 1. to examine something very carefully in order to discover information: 2. to examine something…. Learn more.
