scrutiny
Meaning of scrutiny
noun
- Intense study of someone or something.
- Thorough inspection of a situation or a case.
- An examination of catechumens, in the last week of Lent, who were to receive baptism on Easter Day.
- A ticket, or little paper billet, on which a vote is written.
- An examination by a committee of the votes given at an election, for the purpose of correcting the poll.
verb
To scrutinize.
Information about scrutiny
- The plural form of scrutiny is: scrutinies.
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Hyphenation of scrutiny
scru-tiny
- It consists of 2 syllables and 8 chars.
- scrutiny is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables
scrutiny synonyms
Meaning examination:
Meaning :
exploration, inquiry, inspection, investigation, perusal, probe, scan, study, survey
Words that rhyme with scrutiny
Tiny, tiny, satiny, turpentiny, Destiny, destiny, foredestiny, predestiny, countermutiny, counterscrutiny, mutiny, nonscrutiny, premutiny, rescrutiny
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