| VERB | perception | scrutinize, size up, take stock, scrutinise | to look at critically or searchingly, or in minute detail |
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| cognition | scrutinize, audit, scrutinise, inspect | examine carefully for accuracy with the intent of verification |
| Sounds | skruw'tahnay.z | |
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| Rhymes | actualize ... womanize: 266 rhymes with ayz... | |
| Meaning | To look at critically or searchingly, or in minute detail. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody | |
| Model | The customs agents scrutinize the bags for drugs | |
| Example | "he scrutinized his likeness in the mirror" | |
| Synonyms | size up, take stock, scrutinise | |
| Broader | examine, see | observe, check out, and look over carefully or inspect |
| Spanish | escrutar, escudriñar | |
| Catalan | efectuar l'escrutini, escodrinyar, escorcollar, escrutar, recacejar | |
| Nouns | scrutinizer | a careful examiner |
| scrutiny | the act of examining something closely (as for mistakes / mistakes) | |
| scrutiny | a prolonged intense look | |
| Meaning | Examine carefully for accuracy with the intent of verification. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
| Synonyms | audit, scrutinise, inspect | |
| Broader | analyze, analyse, study, examine, canvass | Consider in detail and subject to an analysis in order to discover essential features or meaning / meaning |
| Spanish | auditar, controlar, escrutar, escudriñar, examinar, inspeccionar, registrar | |
| Catalan | auditar, escrutar, inspeccionar, registrar | |
| Nouns | scrutinizer | a careful examiner |
| scrutiny | the act of examining something closely (as for mistakes / mistakes) | |
| scrutiny | a prolonged intense look | |
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