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Synonyms for scan
skænscan
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English Synonyms and Antonyms
scan
To see is simply to become conscious of an object of vision; to look is to make a conscious and direct endeavor to see. To behold is to fix the sight and the mind with distinctness and consideration upon something that has come to be clearly before the eyes. We may look without seeing, as in pitch-darkness, and we may see without looking, as in case of a flash of lightning. To gaze is to look intently, long, and steadily upon an object. To glance is to look casually or momentarily. To stare is to look with a fixed intensity such as is the effect of surprise, alarm, or rudeness. To scan is to look at minutely, to note every visible feature. To inspect is to go below the surface, uncover, study item by item. View and survey are comprehensive, survey expressing the greater exactness of measurement or estimate. Watch brings in the element of time and often of wariness; we watch for a movement or change, a signal, the approach of an enemy, etc. Compare APPEAR.
Synonyms:
behold, contemplate, descry, discern, gaze, glance, inspect, look, regard, see, stare, survey, view, watch
Princeton's WordNet
scannoun
the act of scanning; systematic examination of a prescribed region
"he made a thorough scan of the beach with his binoculars"
scan, CAT scanverb
an image produced by scanning
"he analyzed the brain scan"; "you could see the tumor in the CAT scan"
scanverb
examine minutely or intensely
"the surgeon scanned the X-ray"
Synonyms:
skim, rake, read, run down, glance overscan, skim, rake, glance over, run downverb
examine hastily
"She scanned the newspaper headlines while waiting for the taxi"
Synonyms:
plane, run over, conk out, play out, graze, sap, skim off, skim, skitter, crease, run down, poop out, run out, peter out, exhaust, glance over, check out, cream, rake, cream off, read, skip, skim over, tirescanverb
make a wide, sweeping search of
"The beams scanned the night sky"
Synonyms:
skim, rake, read, run down, glance overscanverb
conform to a metrical pattern
Synonyms:
skim, rake, read, run down, glance overscanverb
move a light beam over; in electronics, to reproduce an image
Synonyms:
skim, rake, read, run down, glance overscanverb
read metrically
"scan verses"
Synonyms:
skim, rake, read, run down, glance overread, scanverb
obtain data from magnetic tapes
"This dictionary can be read by the computer"
Synonyms:
take, run down, glance over, translate, say, study, show, skim, understand, register, learn, rake, read, record, interpret
Dictionary of English Synonymes
scanverb
Synonyms:
recite metrically, divide into feetscanverb
Synonyms:
scrutinize, examine, investigate, sift, inquire into, look into
PPDB, the paraphrase database
List of paraphrases for "scan":
hcan, scanning, scanner, exploration, digitization, digitize, analysis, browsing, sweep, digitisation, unspsc, wiping, digitalization, c.t., digitise, digitizing, scans, scanners, scavenge, navigation, digitising, wipe, scanned
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Words popularity by usage frequency
ranking | word | |
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#64 | see | |
#79 | view | |
#180 | read | |
#246 | take | |
#268 | show | |
#424 | learn | |
#446 | look | |
#465 | register | |
#496 | say | |
#508 | study | |
#626 | analysis | |
#782 | record | |
#871 | watch | |
#1288 | survey | |
#1301 | navigation | |
#1312 | understand | |
#1838 | skip | |
#2990 | cream | |
#3876 | regard | |
#3956 | scan | |
#4010 | plane | |
#4440 | glance | |
#5285 | scanner | |
#5829 | exploration | |
#5846 | translate | |
#5980 | browsing | |
#6399 | scanners | |
#6587 | tire | |
#7273 | scanning | |
#7393 | exhaust | |
#7500 | sap | |
#9622 | scanned | |
#10023 | interpret | |
#11801 | scans | |
#12312 | sweep | |
#13099 | inspect | |
#14248 | behold | |
#14260 | wipe | |
#16957 | gaze | |
#17937 | stare | |
#19657 | rake | |
#26237 | skim | |
#26968 | discern | |
#27578 | contemplate | |
#29367 | crease | |
#30568 | wiping | |
#39760 | digitizing | |
#42135 | digitization | |
#47400 | graze | |
#54688 | digitize | |
#74401 | digitisation | |
#101535 | scavenge | |
#127429 | digitising | |
#138625 | digitalization | |
#169745 | digitise | |
#188629 | skitter | |
#194132 | unspsc | |
#274347 | descry |
How to use scan in a sentence?
People think I got all this surgery or did this or that, and you know what? We can do a scan of my face, darling.
Unfortunately, I'm having some issues with my pec muscle. Right now I can't actually serve it's kind of hard to play, i'm having an MRI( scan) tomorrow, I'm going to stay here to see the doctors and see as many specialists as I can. I won't know( how serious the injury is) until I get those results.
His first scan was stable which was a good outcome, and then by the time he had a second and third scan, his tumors had started to shrink considerably, he’s now been under our care for several years, if you're one that looks statistics, we unfortunately don't expect someone with a recurrent tumor to be with us more than a time measured in months -- and often not very many months -- so he's had a tremendous response.
I scan with my flashlight and I found him standing in the emergency lane, i could tell he already had his weapon pointed at me.
What was I to this world if not a beacon of light shining upon those who couldn’t scan the internet for their own hilarious and entertaining comic relief? i guess what I am trying to say is that you’re welcome and you owe me big time.
Translations for scan
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- تمعن, محص, مسح ضوئياArabic
- escandir, escorcollar, escanejarCatalan, Valencian
- skenovatCzech
- skandieren, abtasten, einscannen, Abtastung, ScanGerman
- ανιχνεύω, εξετάζω, διερευνώ, σαρώνωGreek
- skaniEsperanto
- escanear, escandirSpanish
- skännima, otsimaEstonian
- tutkia, silmäillä, skannata, tähyilläFinnish
- scannériser, fouiller, scander, numériser, scannerFrench
- սկանավորելArmenian
- ScanIndonesian
- skandarIdo
- scannerizzare, scrutare, scandireItalian
- スキャンするJapanese
- 스캔하다Korean
- mātaiMāori
- mengimbasMalay
- afspeuren, scannen, scanderenDutch
- escandir, escanear, varredura, varrerPortuguese
- scanare, numerizare, scaneriza, cerceta, a baleia imaginea, scana, scruta, numeriza, sonda, explora, scanat, scanerizareRomanian
- скандировать, сканировать, разглядыватьRussian
- läsa in, skannaSwedish
- taramak, taratmakTurkish
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