American Dictionary
Definition scan in American English
scan
verb
What are red words?
Around 90% of spoken and written English relies on just 7,500 common words.
These words are highlighted in red and are ranked using a star system.
- One-star words are commonly used
- Two-star words are even more common
- Three-star words are the most frequently used
verb
What are red words?
Around 90% of spoken and written English relies on just 7,500 common words.These words are highlighted in red and are ranked using a star system.
- One-star words are commonly used
- Two-star words are even more common
- Three-star words are the most frequently used
to look at something very carefully, because you hope or expect to see a particular person or thing
to read something very quickly, in order to get a general idea of its meaning or to find particular information
Tony scanned through the television programs in the local newspaper.
to use a piece of equipment to read and store information in digital form
You can use photographs and then scan them onto your computer.
You can scan in a photograph of your home.
Documents are scanned into a computer and then converted to electronic form.
