scan

Meaning

Verb

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

Noun

1. Close investigation.
2. Close investigation.
3. An instance of scanning.
4. The result or output of a scanning process.
5. 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

search

examine

glance

scrutinize

skim

look

glance over

browse

view

look at

investigate

read

📖

look over

inspect

run down

CAT scan

sweep

improve

study

examine closely

scrutinise

glimpse

rake

correct

peek

peep

proofread

sift

follow

flip

comply

flick

filming

check out

anatomize

exposition

explore

characterization

essay

case

analyze

adhere

enquire

investigation

echography

look into

look out for

canvass

inquire

Translations

explorar

scanner

scannen

scannen

escanear

scanderen

examinar

scandire

scrutare

scannerizzare

Scan

balayer

analizzare

überfliegen

esaminare

Pronounced as (IPA)

/skæn/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: scanne

In summary

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”).