Meaning of Scan | Babel Free
skænDefinitions
- A close investigation.
- Of written things, a careful reading.
- Of written things, a cursory reading: a skim.
- An instance of scanning.
- The result or output of a scanning process.
- A higher-order function that applies a binary operation to a sequence of values, starting with an accumulator, and returns a new sequence with the results.
Conjugation
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Equivalents
Examples
“The operators vacated the room during the scan⟳.”
“In the dispute with the RMT about scanning tickets, Jackson said it was the right thing to do to pay⟳ conductors something to scan⟳ tickets. Northern pays two pence per scan⟳, Jackson noted, adding that ticket scanning helps to cut⟳ fraud and increase⟳ staff visibility.”
“The doctors looked at the scans and made a diagnosis.”
CEFR level
B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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