EGAVE

scan

About 8.68 uses per million words.

Meaning

  1. 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.
  2. verb To inspect, analyse or go over, often to find something.
    to scan the hard drive for errors
  3. verb To look about for; to look over quickly. To perform lexical analysis; to tokenize.
  4. verb To perform lexical analysis; to tokenize.
  5. verb To create an image of something with the use of a scanner.
    to scan a photograph
  6. verb To read with an electronic device.
    to scan a barcode
  7. verb To mount by steps; to go through with step by step.
  8. 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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