scrutiny
21scrutiny — noun passengers can expect much more scrutiny at our terminals Syn: examination, inspection, survey, study, perusal; investigation, exploration, probe, inquiry; informal going over …
22scrutiny — [ˈskruːtəni] noun [U] careful examination of someone or something The industry comes under scrutiny in tonight s programme.[/ex] …
23Scrutiny (journal) — Infobox Magazine title = Scrutiny: A Quarterly Review image size = image caption = editor = F. R. Leavis editor title = General editor previous editor = staff writer = frequency = quarterly circulation = 1,500 category = Literature company =… …
24scrutiny, scrutinize — To scrutinize something means to look at it with particular attentiveness. Thus qualifying words like close or careful are nearly always superfluous, as here: But for all the good he did, Roosevelt did much that wouldn t bear close scrutiny… …
25scrutiny, scrutinize — To scrutinize something means to look at it with particular attentiveness. Thus qualifying words like close or careful are nearly always superfluous, as here: But for all the good he did, Roosevelt did much that wouldn t bear close scrutiny… …
26scrutiny — noun (plural nies) Etymology: Latin scrutinium, from scrutari to search, examine, probably from scruta trash Date: 1604 1. a searching study, inquiry, or inspection ; examination 2. a searching look 3. close watch ; surveillance …
27scrutiny — /skrooht n ee/, n., pl. scrutinies. 1. a searching examination or investigation; minute inquiry. 2. surveillance; close and continuous watching or guarding. 3. a close and searching look. [1400 50; late ME < L scrutinium the action of searching,… …
28scrutiny — noun /ˈskɹuː.tɪ.niː/ a) Intense study of someone or something. b) Thorough inspection of a situation or a case. Syn: examination, exploration, going over, inquiry, inspection, investigation …
29scrutiny — Synonyms and related words: analysis, attention to detail, audit, check, close study, contemplation, eagle eye, enquiry, examination, exploration, eye, eyeball inspection, fascinated attention, finicalness, finickiness, fixed regard, harping,… …
30scrutiny — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. examination, inspection, investigation, inquiry. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. analysis, investigation, inspection; see examination 1 . III (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) n. inspection, close look, examination …
