📖 Definitions of "Scans"
- 1
Close investigation.
- 2
An instance of scanning.
"The operators vacated the room during the scan."
- 3
The result or output of a scanning process.
"The doctors looked at the scans and made a diagnosis."
- 1
To examine sequentially, carefully, or critically; to scrutinize; to behold closely.
"She scanned the passage carefully but could not find what she was looking for."
- 2
To look about for; to look over quickly.
"He scanned the horizon."
- 3
To create a digital copy of an image using a scanner.
"Pencil drawings don't scan very well."
- 4
To read with an electronic device.
"to scan a barcode; to scan a QR code"
💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Scans"
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| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| readverb | (transitive or intransitive) To look at and interpret letters or other information that is written. |
| run downverb | (transitive, intransitive) To lose power slowly. Used for a machine, battery, or other powered device. |
| glance oververb | (transitive) to quickly inspect something (newspaper, notes) with the eyes |
| skimnoun | (transitive) To read quickly or describe summarily, skipping some detail. |
| rakenoun | (agriculture, horticulture) A garden tool with a row of pointed teeth fixed to a long handle, used for collecting debris, grass, etc., for flattening the ground, or for loosening soil; also, a similar wheel-mounted tool drawn by a horse or a tractor. |
| analysesnoun | (countable) Decomposition into components in order to study (a complex thing, concept, theory, etc.). |
| analysisnoun | (countable) Decomposition into components in order to study (a complex thing, concept, theory, etc.). |
| analytical | Of or pertaining to analysis; resolving into elements or constituent parts |
| analyticsnoun | Discovery, interpretation, and communication of meaningful patterns in data. |
| analyzesverb | (transitive) To subject to analysis. |
| assessmentsnoun | An appraisal or evaluation. |
| browsesverb | To scan, to casually look through in order to find items of interest, especially without knowledge of what to look for beforehand. |
| clichesnoun | Alternative form of cliché. [(rhetoric) Something, most often a phrase or expression, that is overused or used outside its original context, so that its original impact and meaning are lost. A trite saying; a platitude.] |
| clichés | (rhetoric) Something, most often a phrase or expression, that is overused or used outside its original context, so that its original impact and meaning are lost. A trite saying; a platitude. |
| clinicalnoun | (medicine) Dealing with the practical management of patients, in practice at the point of care; as contrasted with other health care venues (see clinical medicine for more explanation). |
| crawlsverb | (intransitive) To creep; to move slowly on hands and knees, or by dragging the body along the ground. |
| detailnoun | An individual feature, fact, or other item, considered separately from the whole of which it is a part. |
| discoveriesnoun | Something discovered. |
| discussesverb | (transitive) To converse or debate concerning a particular topic. |
| evaluationsnoun | An assessment, such as an annual personnel performance review used as the basis for a salary increase or bonus, or a summary of a particular situation. |
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