"scrutinise" meaning in All languages combined

See scrutinise on Wiktionary

Verb [English]

IPA: /ˈskɹuːtɪnaɪz/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-scrutinise.wav [Southern-England] Forms: scrutinises [present, singular, third-person], scrutinising [participle, present], scrutinised [participle, past], scrutinised [past]
Etymology: scrutiny + -ise Etymology templates: {{suf|en|scrutiny|ise}} scrutiny + -ise Head templates: {{en-verb}} scrutinise (third-person singular simple present scrutinises, present participle scrutinising, simple past and past participle scrutinised)
  1. (transitive) To examine something with great care. Tags: UK, transitive
    Sense id: en-scrutinise-en-verb-fjOHbh-Q
  2. (transitive) To audit accounts etc in order to verify them. Tags: UK, transitive
    Sense id: en-scrutinise-en-verb-mTfPlQUL Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ise Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 5 95 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ise: 15 85
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: scrutinize

Inflected forms

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