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How to pronounce perusing in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms perusal, poring over, studying
Type of reading
Derivation peruse

Examples of perusing

perusing
Upstairs, Malcolm Goode, 31, was perusing a fat picture book about Muhammad Ali.
From the sfgate.com
Maybe his days perusing patent applications encouraged Einstein to seek his own.
From the theatlantic.com
I've since spent hours perusing those volumes, almost incapable of turning away.
From the washingtonpost.com
For something a bit more daring, consider perusing zozi's catalog of adventures.
From the abcnews.go.com
Even if you're perusing evangelical memorabilia at a South Carolina gas-and-sip.
From the techcrunch.com
Perusing the article histories of the articles proves that such is not the case.
From the en.wikipedia.org
Chose his stage name by perusing a thesaurus for words that matched his initials.
From the telegraph.co.uk
Howland likes to keep track of all his former players by perusing the box scores.
From the dailynews.com
Instead, it means doing a little perusing, a little clicking, a little sharing.
From the orlandosentinel.com
More examples
  • Examine or consider with attention and in detail; "Please peruse this report at your leisure"
  • (perusing) perusal: reading carefully with intent to remember
  • This is a list of auto-antonyms in English -- that is, words which in and of themselves have two or more generally accepted meanings in the English language that directly or generally contradict each other. ...
  • An examination or perusal; an instance of perusing; To examine or consider with care; To read completely; To look over casually; to skim; To go from place to place; to wander
  • (perusable) Capable of being perused
  • To read thoroughly [but often misused to mean "to glance over; to skim"]
  • (v) - to examine carefully
  • To, v. t. parhna ; vekhna ; wachna ;