Scan - definition, pronunciation, transcription

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Amer.  |skæn|  American pronunciation of the word scan
Brit.  |skæn|  British pronunciation of the word scan

noun

- the act of scanning; systematic examination of a prescribed region
he made a thorough scan of the beach with his binoculars
- an image produced by scanning
he analyzed the brain scan
you could see the tumor in the CAT scan

verb

- examine minutely or intensely
the surgeon scanned the X-ray
- examine hastily (syn: rake, run down, skim)
She scanned the newspaper headlines while waiting for the taxi
- make a wide, sweeping search of
The beams scanned the night sky
- conform to a metrical pattern
- move a light beam over; in electronics, to reproduce an image
- read metrically
scan verses
- obtain data from magnetic tapes or other digital sources (syn: read)

Extra examples

He scanned the field with binoculars.

He scanned the audience looking for his parents.

She scanned his face for any clue to what he was thinking.

She quickly scanned the pages of the newspaper.

She scanned through the list to find her name.

Their bags were scanned at the airport.

This machine scans a patient's brain.

The patient underwent a brain scan.

The doctor examined the bone scans.

She scanned the advertisement pages of the newspaper.

He scanned the room.

She was nervous and kept scanning the crowd for Paul.

He told me that my poems didn't scan.

He scanned the horizon, but there was no sign of the ship.

She scanned his face, looking for signs of what he was thinking.

Word forms

verb
I/you/we/they: scan
he/she/it: scans
present participle: scanning
past tense: scanned
past participle: scanned
noun
singular: scan
plural: scans
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