Synonyms for scan
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1. scan(noun)

   the act of scanning; systematic examination of a prescribed region

   "he made a thorough scan of the beach with his binoculars"

2. scan, CAT scan(verb)

   an image produced by scanning

   "he analyzed the brain scan"; "you could see the tumor in the CAT scan"

3. scan(verb)

   examine minutely or intensely

   "the surgeon scanned the X-ray"

   Synonyms:
   skim, rake, read, run down, glance over

4. scan, skim, rake, glance over, run down(verb)

   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, tire

5. scan(verb)

   make a wide, sweeping search of

   "The beams scanned the night sky"

   Synonyms:
   skim, rake, read, run down, glance over

6. scan(verb)

   conform to a metrical pattern

   Synonyms:
   skim, rake, read, run down, glance over

7. scan(verb)

   move a light beam over; in electronics, to reproduce an image

   Synonyms:
   skim, rake, read, run down, glance over

8. scan(verb)

   read metrically

   "scan verses"

   Synonyms:
   skim, rake, read, run down, glance over

9. read, scan(verb)

   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

English Synonyms and Antonyms(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate these synonyms:

1. 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

Dictionary of English Synonymes(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate these synonyms:

1. scan(v. a.)

   Synonyms:
   recite metrically, divide into feet

2. scan(v. a.)

   Synonyms:
   scrutinize, examine, investigate, sift, inquire into, look into

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1. 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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How to use scan in a sentence?

1. Najibur Rahman:

   He told our officials that there was nothing to scan, later we informed our foreign ministry and he was released on Friday under the Vienna Convention.

2. Alma Faz:

   I'm in a wheelchair, post-amputation, having a CT scan, and it came to me that this is what I want to do, and this is where I want to do it, everybody was very caring and had a common goal for me. And so you can't put a price on that.

3. May Nour:

   One stop shop. We can do labs, we can do CT scan, physician evaluation and we can give the medications, we don’t wait for transport time. We don’t wait for the patient to get to the hospital. We get to them and treat them in the most expedient way possible.

4. Hayley Mills:

   I was told two years ago that there was no sign of cancer anymore, and I don’t think I can put into words how that news made me feel, every year I have a full scan and check-up, and I truly believe it’s a combination of everything I did – surgery, chemo, alternative treatment – and the love of my family that helped.

5. John Gabrieli:

   They answer is there are very great differences. We saw differences that were striking in a number of circuits including those that change in depression, including those involved in feelings, other parts that are involved in thinking. The additional thing besides seeing these differences were that the differences were so strong child by child that that we were very close to perfect with being able to categorize from a brain scan itself whether a child was at risk or not.

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