Definition

1. Verb:
   • To examine, to inspect, to review: To look over something carefully and officially, often to check for correctness, quality, or to give formal approval.
   • To hold a military parade/review: To inspect troops in a formal, ceremonial parade.

Usage Examples

• Verb:
  • Giám đốc sẽ duyệt kế hoạch vào tuần tới. (The director will review the plan next week.)
  • Hội đồng cần duyệt các hồ sơ ứng viên một cách cẩn thận. (The committee needs to examine the candidate files carefully.)
  • Tổng thống sẽ duyệt binh trong lễ Quốc khánh. (The President will review the troops on National Day.)

Advanced Usage

• "duyệt qua": to look over, to scan through.
  • Anh ấy chỉ duyệt qua báo cáo trước cuộc họp. (He only scanned through the report before the meeting.)
• "được duyệt" / "bị duyệt": to be approved / to be rejected (after review).
  • Đề án của chúng tôi cuối cùng đã được duyệt. (Our project has finally been approved.)

Variants and Related Words

• Kiểm duyệt (verb/noun): to censor; censorship.
  • Bộ phim đã phải trải qua quá trình kiểm duyệt nghiêm ngặt. (The film had to go through strict censorship.)
• Phê duyệt (verb): to approve, to sanction (often used for official documents).
  • Ngân sách cần được hội đồng phê duyệt. (The budget needs to be approved by the board.)
• Xét duyệt (verb): to consider and approve; to adjudicate.
  • Việc xét duyệt học bổng sẽ hoàn tất vào tháng Sáu. (The scholarship adjudication will be completed in June.)
• Thẩm duyệt (verb): to appraise, to evaluate (often in a legal or formal context).
• Lịch duyệt (noun, literary): experience; what one has gone through in life.

Synonyms

• Xem xét: to consider, to look into.
• Kiểm tra: to check, to inspect.
• Chấp thuận: to consent, to agree (focuses on the approval result).

Related Phrases (Collocations)

• Duyệt binh: to hold/to review a military parade.
• Duyệt đơn: to review an application.
• Duyệt chi: to approve expenditure/payment.
• Duyệt y (literary/formal): to approve.

verb

1. to examine; to inspect; to review