Usually means: Close, critical observation or examination.
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We found 32 dictionaries that define the word scrutiny:

General (26 matching dictionaries)
  1. scrutiny: Merriam-Webster.com
  2. scrutiny: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. scrutiny: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. scrutiny: Collins English Dictionary
  5. scrutiny: Vocabulary.com
  6. Scrutiny, scrutiny: Wordnik
  7. scrutiny: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. scrutiny: Wiktionary
  9. scrutiny: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. scrutiny: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. scrutiny: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. scrutiny: Dictionary.com
  13. scrutiny: Online Etymology Dictionary
  14. scrutiny: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  15. Scrutiny (journal), Scrutiny: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  16. Scrutiny: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  17. scrutiny: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  18. scrutiny: Rhymezone
  19. Scrutiny: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  20. scrutiny: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  21. scrutiny: Free Dictionary
  22. scrutiny: Mnemonic Dictionary
  23. scrutiny: LookWAYup Translating Dictionary/Thesaurus
  24. scrutiny: Dictionary/thesaurus

Business (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. Glossary of Legal Terms (No longer online)
  2. scrutiny: Legal dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. scrutiny: Encyclopedia

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. scrutiny: Idioms

Religion (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Scrutiny: Catholic Encyclopedia

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. scrutiny: Urban Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (
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American English Definition British English Definition
noun:  Intense study of someone or something.
noun:  Thorough inspection of a situation or a case.
noun:  (Christianity) An examination of catechumens, in the last week of Lent, who were to receive baptism on Easter Day.
noun:  A ticket, or little paper billet, on which a vote is written.
noun:  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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