HOW TO PRONOUNCE
scrutiny
/ˈskɹutəni/
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Keep s-k-r together before “oo.”
The first syllable is strongest and has the oo vowel. The remaining syllables are lighter; the opening three consonants do not each receive their own vowel.
3 syllables · Stress on syllable 1
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“The proposal came under close scrutiny.”
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CMU Pronouncing Dictionary ↗What does scrutiny mean?
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.
More meanings (3)
noun
- 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
- (obsolete, rare) To scrutinize.
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IPA pronunciation
/ˈskɹutəni/
Pronunciation used in the listening tip.
CMU Pronouncing Dictionary ↗Pronunciation varies by speaker and region. About these dictionary pronunciations.
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Presently the object of his scrutiny came within the range of my vision and I saw that it was another yellow man.
It was one clothed as a merchant captain, and as he turned in the scrutiny of the road he revealed his face.
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Lydgate had after all to give some scrutiny to each drawer, the Vicar laughing at himself, and yet persisting in the exhibition.
To say that he was thinking of Miss Chapman would imply too much power of ratiocination and abstract scrutiny on his part.
At the end of her scrutiny she had something like the shadow of a smile, and she sat down in a chair.