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To look over or scrutinize, especially a wide area
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“He raised his binoculars to scan the coast.”
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To quickly look or skim through reading material
“Oblivious, Sam paused to quickly scan the print-outs and spiky, almost illegible handwritten notes strewn around the room.”
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To conduct a test, examination or analysis of
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“If the atrium is dilated, the clinician should scan for the presence of an echogenic thrombus.”
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To photograph or create an image of something
“You can scan the documents and store them on your laptop or notebook computer.”
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To create a copy of an image
“If you've rented out your house, scan a copy of your lease and your landlord insurance.”
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To digitally read data through imaging
“There are many applications that enable you to use a phone's camera to scan a barcode and obtain a price online.”
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To keep a record of
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To hunt or search for something
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(computing) To pass a set of instructions to a database to retrieve data from it
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To hover an RFID device such as a smartcard over a receiver, often with a graphical user interface
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(computing) To manipulate data or information with a computer or software
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An act of examining or looking over someone or something
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“A quick scan of a couple of pages in a dictionary that records the origin of our vocabulary reveals that many entries in it are historically un-English.”
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A medical examination using a scanner, or the act of producing one
“An MRI scan of the brain demonstrated cerebellar atrophy.”
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An image produced through the process of scanning a physical object or another image
“Following the doctor's recommendation, my wife had an MRI scan of her bones.”
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An instance of glance or look through something
“I've had a quick scan through your book again.”
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