English Dictionary
Definition scan in British 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 programmes in the local newspaper.
The spacecraft scans the Earth's oceans with radar instruments.
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.
