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scan
What does scan mean?
scan (verb): to examine sequentially, carefully, or critically; to scrutinize; to behold closely.
Definition: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
How do you use scan in a sentence?
- She scanned the passage carefully but could not find what she was looking for. (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0)
How do you pronounce scan?
/skæn/ (IPA, American English). The app reads every word aloud.
Where does scan come from?
From late Middle English scanne (“to mark off verse to show metrical structure”), from earlier scanden.
Etymology: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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What does “scan” mean?
to impart or transmit (information or knowledge) to someone; to make known, to tell
Not quite: that's what communicate means.
to mingle; to mix; to unite intimately; to pass or shade insensibly into each other
Not quite: that's what blend means.
to examine sequentially, carefully, or critically; to scrutinize; to behold closely
Right! That's what “scan” means.
to cause to be consumed by fire; to destroy or otherwise impact with fire or flames
Not quite: that's what burn means.
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