scrutinies
- 1Plural of scrutiny.
Repeated scrutinies of the manuscript revealed inconsistencies in the dating.
The committee's annual scrutinies of the accounts kept spending under control.
Note
A plural that the everyday sense resists: as close study or inspection, scrutiny is normally a mass noun, so a plan comes under scrutiny, never under scrutinies. The plural earns its place when separate examinations are counted one by one, and in older countable uses: the Lenten examinations of candidates for Easter baptism, the paper ballots themselves, or a committee's recheck of election votes to correct the poll.
scrutinies is a form of scrutiny
scrutiny, noun: Careful and thorough examination of a situation or case. Full entry
- Forms
- scrutinyscrutinies plural
- Spelling
- scrutiny → scrutinies: change y to i, add -es
- Sound
- The ending sounds like /z/.
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