scan

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Just scan through for one which matches the same from number, to number, and message contents.

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Quick take

the act of scanning; systematic examination of a prescribed region; "he made a thorough scan of the beach with his binoculars"

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of scan gathered in one view.

noun

the act of scanning; systematic examination of a prescribed region; "he made a thorough scan of the beach with his binoculars"

noun

an image produced by scanning; "he analyzed the brain scan"; "you could see the tumor in the CAT scan"

verb

examine minutely or intensely; "the surgeon scanned the X-ray"

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for scan.

noun

the act of scanning; systematic examination of a prescribed region; "he made a thorough scan of the beach with his binoculars"

noun

an image produced by scanning; "he analyzed the brain scan"; "you could see the tumor in the CAT scan"

verb

examine minutely or intensely; "the surgeon scanned the X-ray"

verb

examine hastily; "She scanned the newspaper headlines while waiting for the taxi"

verb

make a wide, sweeping search of; "The beams scanned the night sky"

verb

conform to a metrical pattern

verb

move a light beam over; in electronics, to reproduce an image

verb

read metrically; "scan verses"

verb

obtain data from magnetic tapes; "This dictionary can be read by the computer"

Example sentences

Just scan through for one which matches the same from number, to number, and message contents.

It's a dedicated barcode scanner, which is hardware you don't have on your phone.

It would periodically scan /etc/hosts to check I wasn't cheating.

You point it in the general vicinity of the barcode, press the button, and it's scanned.

If I had taken it more seriously, had a CT scan taken at the time, etc, it may have been caught early.

I'd literally scan right wing talk radio schedules for his name because you just knew it would be a great show.

I am a touch claustrophobic so they were afraid that a CT scan would elevate my blood pressure, so they drugged me.

See, iTunes will scan your music and try to guess what music you have, and then grant you access to the iTunes Store copies of it.

That way, one can quickly scan and see the best comments, but there isn't such a direct relationship as a numerical score.

The information about the disease came in pieces: first all I knew was that there was a lump; then came the ultrasound, the CT scan, then biopsy of the testicle, then a second surgery to sample lymph nodes to which the cancer might have spread.

Reporting one of those websites make the safe-browsing re-scan the website, and find absolutely no issue with it and white-label it, which is even worse...I contacted the Safe-Browsing initiative to report the issue and they told me "that their wasn't any issue on those websites...".