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[skæn] 1. past tense, past participle - scanned; verb1) (to examine carefully: He scanned the horizon for any sign of a ship.) a scruta2) (to look at quickly but not in detail: She scanned the newspaper for news of the murder.) a spicui, a parcurge în grabă3) (to pass radar beams etc over: The area was scanned for signs of enemy aircraft.) a mătura4) (to pass an electronic or laser beam over a text or picture in order to store it in the memory of a computer.) a (se) scanda5) (to examine and get an image of what is inside a person's body or an object by using ultra-sound and x-ray: They scanned his luggage at the airport to see if he was carrying drugs.)6) (to fit into a particular rhythm or metre: The second line of that verse doesn't scan properly.)2. nounShe had an ultrasound scan to see whether the baby was a boy or a girl; a brain scan; a quick scan through the report.)- scanner
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ˈscan ˌthrough (sth) — phrasal verb same as scan … Dictionary for writing and speaking English
scan — [[t]skæ̱n[/t]] scans, scanning, scanned 1) VERB When you scan written material, you look through it quickly in order to find important or interesting information. [V n] She scanned the advertisement pages of the newspapers... [V through n] I… … English dictionary
scan — scan1 [ skæn ] verb ** ▸ 1 look carefully ▸ 2 read quickly ▸ 3 copy with equipment ▸ 4 photograph inside of something ▸ 5 about poetry 1. ) transitive to look at something very carefully, because you hope or expect to see a particular person or… … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
scan — I UK [skæn] / US verb Word forms scan : present tense I/you/we/they scan he/she/it scans present participle scanning past tense scanned past participle scanned ** 1) [transitive] to look at something very carefully, because you hope or expect to… … English dictionary
scan — 01. Rescue teams are [scanning] the sea for signs of a plane that crashed into the ocean in storms late last night. 02. If you [scan] the article quickly, you will probably get enough information to answer most of the questions. 03. We [scanned]… … Grammatical examples in English
scan — 1. verb 1) Adam scanned the horizon Syn: scrutinize, examine, study, inspect, survey, search, scour, sweep, look at, stare at, look someone/something up and down, gaze at, eye, watch; contemplate, regard, take stock of … Thesaurus of popular words
scan — scan1 [skæn] v past tense and past participle scanned present participle scanning ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(look at)¦ 2¦(read)¦ 3¦(see inside)¦ 4¦(computer)¦ 5¦(poetry)¦ ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ [Date: 1300 1400; : Late Latin; Origin: scandere, from Latin … Dictionary of contemporary English
scan — 1. verb 1) Adam scanned the horizon Syn: study, examine, scrutinize, inspect, survey, search, scour, sweep, watch 2) I scanned the papers Syn: glance through, look through … Synonyms and antonyms dictionary
scan — 1 verb scanned, scanning 1 (T) to examine an area carefully, because you are looking for a particular person or thing: He scanned the horizon ahead, but there was no sign of the convoy. (+ for): The police scanned the whole area but found no… … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
scan — [skæn] verb I 1) [T] to look at something very carefully in order to see a particular person or thing Ella scanned the crowd for any sign of Geoff.[/ex] 2) [I/T] to read something very quickly in order to get a general idea of its meaning or to… … Dictionary for writing and speaking English
SCAN — or Schedules for Clinical Assessment in Neuropsychiatry is a set of tools created by WHO aimed at diagnosing and measuring mental illness that may occur in adult life. It is not constructed explicitly for use with eiher ICD 10 or DSM IV but can… … Wikipedia
