Brazil is the largest coffee producer in the world. Each year Brazil exports more than 44 million bags of coffee. Vietnam follows at exporting over 27 million bags each year.
SCRUTINY
examination, scrutiny
(noun) the act of examining something closely (as for mistakes)
scrutiny
(noun) a prolonged intense look
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
scrutiny (usually uncountable, plural scrutinies)
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.
Synonyms
• examination
• exploration
• going-over (informal)
• inquiry
• inspection
• investigation
• perusal
• probe
• scan
• survey
• study
Verb
scrutiny (third-person singular simple present scrutinies, present participle scrutinying, simple past and past participle scrutinied)
(obsolete, rare) To scrutinize.
Source: Wiktionary
Scru"ti*ny, n. Etym: [L. scrutinium, fr. scrutari to search carefuly, originally, to search even to the rags, fr. scruta trash, trumpery; perhaps akin to E. shred: cf. AS. scrudnian to make scrutiny.]
1. Close examination; minute inspection; critical observation. They that have designed exactness and deep scrutiny have taken some one part of nature. Sir M. Hale. Thenceforth I thought thee worth my nearer view And narrower scrutiny. Milton.
2. (Anc. Church)
Definition: An examination of catechumens, in the last week of Lent, who were to receive baptism on Easter Day.
3. (Canon Law)
Definition: A ticket, or little paper billet, on which a vote is written.
4. (Parliamentary Practice)
Definition: An examination by a committee of the votes given at an election, for the purpose of correcting the poll. Brande & C.
Scru"ti*ny, v. t.
Definition: To scrutinize. [Obs.]
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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(noun) the act of furnishing an equivalent person or thing in the place of another; “replacing the star will not be easy”
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