Usually means: Read or examine with care.
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We found 31 dictionaries that define the word Peruse:

General (27 matching dictionaries)
  1. peruse: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. peruse: Merriam-Webster
  3. peruse: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. peruse: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. peruse: Collins English Dictionary
  6. peruse: Vocabulary.com
  7. Peruse, peruse: Wordnik
  8. peruse: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  9. peruse: Wiktionary
  10. peruse: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  11. peruse: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  12. peruse: Infoplease Dictionary
  13. Peruse, peruse: Dictionary.com
  14. peruse: Online Etymology Dictionary
  15. peruse: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  16. Peruse: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  17. Peruse: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  18. peruse: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  19. peruse: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  20. peruse: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  21. peruse: FreeDictionary.org
  22. peruse: TheFreeDictionary.com
  23. Peruse: World Wide Words
  24. peruse: Mnemonic Dictionary
  25. peruse: Rhymezone

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. peruse: Legal dictionary

Miscellaneous (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. Sound-Alike Words (No longer online)
  2. peruse: Wordcraft Dictionary

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. peruse: Urban Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (peruse)

▸ verb:  (transitive) To examine or consider with care.
▸ verb:  (transitive) To read completely.
▸ verb:  (transitive, informal) To look over casually; to skim.
▸ verb:  (intransitive, regional) To go from place to place; to wander.
▸ noun:  An examination or perusal; an instance of perusing.

Similar:
parse, scrutinise, pore over, examine, consider, survey, examin, scan, go through, inspect, more...

Opposite:
skim, skim through, skim over, glance through, glance over

Types:
read, skim, scan, look over, examine, study, more...

Phrases:
peruse carefully, peruse devour, opposite of peruse, to peruse or skim an article or book, more...


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Similar:
parse, scrutinise, pore over, examine, consider, survey, examin, scan, go through, inspect, more...

Opposite:
skim, skim through, skim over, glance through, glance over

Types:
read, skim, scan, look over, examine, study, more...

Phrases:
peruse carefully, peruse devour, opposite of peruse, to peruse or skim an article or book, more...



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