parcourir
Parcourir is a French verb that means to go across or to cover a space or distance, and more generally to travel through or explore. It can denote physical movement through a territory, as in parcourir une région or parcourir un pays, or to span a route in terms of distance, as in parcourir des kilomètres. It can also describe moving through a text or document, reading or skimming it, as in parcourir un livre or parcourir les pages d’un dossier. In idiomatic use, it can imply thoroughness or rapid passage across something.
Parcourir is derived from par- (through) and courir (to run). It is an irregular -ir verb. In
Usage notes: parcourir emphasizes the extent, process, or thorough traversal, whether through space, a text, or