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Scrutinize

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

v. To examine or observe with great care; inspect critically.

Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

v. To examine something with great care.

v. To audit accounts etc in order to verify them.

the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English

v. To examine closely; to inspect or observe with critical attention; to regard narrowly.

verb-intransitive. To make scrutiny.

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

To subject to scrutiny; observe or investigate closely; examine or inquire into critically; regard narrowly.

Synonyms Explore, etc. See search.

To make scrutiny.

Also spelled scrutinise.

WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

v. examine carefully for accuracy with the intent of verification

v. to look at critically or searchingly, or in minute detail

Word Usage

"We do pay the Congress to "scrutinize" things like this, but unfortunately, their corporate benefactors pay them much more to let the corporations do the "scrutinizing" for them."

Verb Form

scrutinized scrutinizes scrutinizing

Hypernym

Words that are more generic or abstract

analyze canvass examine canvas study analyse see

Form

scrutinized scrutinizing

Synonym

Words with the same meaning

examine investigate