scan
English
/skæn/
verb
Definitions
- (transitive) To examine sequentially, carefully, or critically; to scrutinize; to behold closely.
- (transitive) To look about for; to look over quickly.
- (computing) To create a digital copy of an image using a scanner.
- (computing) To read with an electronic device.
- (obsolete) To mount by steps; to go through with step by step.
- (poetry) To read or mark so as to show a specific meter.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English scannen (mark off verse to show metrical structure) derived from Latin scandere (climb, clim, ascend).
Origin
Latin
scandere
Gloss
climb, clim, ascend
Concept
Semantic Field
Motion
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Emoji
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- bed English
- bioscan English
- boot English
- bootscan English
- chromatoscanner English
- code English
- descan English
- downscan English
- ego English
- egoscan English
- fluoroscan English
- galvoscanner English
- hit English
- hitscan English
- interscan English
- intrascanner English
- intro English
- introscan English
- line English
- line scan English
- live English
- livescan English
- microscan English
- microscanner English
- misscan English
- multiscan English
- nonscannable English
- overscan English
- path English
- photoscanner English
- piezoscanner English
- port English
- portscan English
- portscanner English
- prescan English
- radiochromatoscan English
- radiochromatoscanner English
- radioscan English
- rescan English
- scanability English
- scanbed English
- scancode English
- scandent English
- scanline English
- scannability English
- scannable English
- scanner English
- scanno English
- scanometric English
- scanpath English
- scantron English
- ultrascan English
- underscan English
- unscannable English
- upscan English
- scandere Latin
- scandere, scando Latin
- Scanner German
- scannen German
- skandieren German
- szkennel Hungarian
- szkennelés Hungarian
- szkenner Hungarian
- scanner Dutch, Flemish
- scander French
- scanner French
- scanneur French
- сканер Russian
- сканировать Russian
- escáner Spanish, Castilian
- skanne Norwegian Bokmål
- skanner Norwegian Bokmål
- escâner Portuguese
- scanner Portuguese
- skandera Swedish
- skan Polish
- skaner Polish
- skanować Polish
- skanne Norwegian Nynorsk
- scannen Middle English
- skener Czech
- eschantiller Old French
- skener Serbo-Croatian
- скенер Serbo-Croatian
- escàner Catalan, Valencian
- สแกน Thai
- scanner Norman
- scanneu Norman
- iscan Tagalog
- scan Tagalog
- 스캐너 Korean
- skaner Maltese
- skann Maltese
- skannja Maltese
- bed
- ego
- hit
- port
- code
- path
- live
- boot
- line
- intro
- upscan
- descan
- scanno
- rescan
- prescan
- scanner
- hitscan
- scanbed
- bioscan
- egoscan
- misscan
- livescan
- overscan
- bootscan
- scancode
- scanpath
- scantron
- scanline
- downscan
- scandent
- portscan
- microscan
- radioscan
- multiscan
- underscan
- ultrascan
- interscan
- scannable
- line scan
- introscan
- fluoroscan
- scanability
- unscannable
- portscanner
- scanometric
- scannability
- microscanner
- photoscanner
- piezoscanner
- nonscannable
- intrascanner
- galvoscanner
- chromatoscanner
- radiochromatoscan
- radiochromatoscanner