scan
About 8.68 uses per million words.
Meaning
- verb To examine sequentially, carefully, or critically; to scrutinize; to behold closely. .mw-parser-output .defdate{font-size:smaller}
She scanned the passage carefully but could not find what she was looking for.
- verb To inspect, analyse or go over, often to find something.
to scan the hard drive for errors
- verb To look about for; to look over quickly. To perform lexical analysis; to tokenize.
- verb To perform lexical analysis; to tokenize.
- verb To create an image of something with the use of a scanner.
to scan a photograph
- verb To read with an electronic device.
to scan a barcode
- verb To mount by steps; to go through with step by step.
- verb To read or mark so as to show a specific metre.
Similar words
read run down glance over skim rake examine inspect finding scrutinize survey
Often followed by
the of is and that in for a line
Word family
scannable scanned scanning scans
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