scan

Meaning

Verb

1. To examine sequentially, carefully, or critically; to scrutinize; to behold closely.
2. To examine sequentially, carefully, or critically; to scrutinize; to behold closely.
3. To look about for; to look over quickly.
4. To look about for; to look over quickly.
5. To create an image of something with the use of a scanner.
6. To read with an electronic device.
7. (obsolete) To mount by steps; to go through with step by step.
8. To read or mark so as to show a specific metre.
9. To conform to a metrical structure.

Noun

1. Close investigation.
2. An instance of scanning.
3. The result or output of a scanning process.
4. A higher-order function that applies a binary operation to a sequence of values, starting with an accumulator, and returns a new sequence with the results.

Synonyms

survey

examine

search

scrutinize

glance

skim

look

view

look at

browse

glance over

investigate

read

📖

look over

glimpse

scrutinise

sweep

improve

run down

study

inspect

peek

examine closely

peep

sift

CAT scan

proofread

correct

rake

gaze at

go

go by

go over

have a look

inquire

investigation

look into

look out for

map

mapping

observe

ogle

once-over

peruse

photography

picture

portrayal

probe

quiz

reconnoiter

representation

review

riffle

scanning

scansion

scour

screen

screen out

scrutiny

sketch

sound

🔉

sweeping

test

thumb

track

try

vet

vignette

watch for

indagate

leaf through

look around

picture taking

stare at

sweepage

research

put out feelers

close examination

see from afar

abide by

adhere

agree

analyse

analyze

anatomize

browsing

canvas

canvass

case

characterization

check out

comply

conform to

delineation

description

detect

discernment

echography

enquire

essay

explore

exposition

filming

flick

flip

follow

fossick

Pronounced as (IPA)

/skæn/

Etymology

From late Middle English scanne (“to mark off verse to show metrical structure”), from earlier scanden, from Late Latin scandere (“to scan verse”), from Classical Latin scandō (“I climb, rise, mount”), from Proto-Indo-European *skend- (“to jump, dart, climb, scale, scan”).