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{
"term": "scan",
"partOfSpeech": "verb",
"ox3000": true,
"cefr": "b1",
"verbForms": {
"presentSimple": {
"iYouWeThey": "scan",
"heSheIt": "scans"
},
"pastSimple": "scanned",
"pastParticiple": "scanned",
"ingForm": "scanning"
},
"definitions": [
{
"senseNumber": 1,
"definition": "to look quickly but not very carefully at a document, etc.",
"sensetop": "scan something for somethingscan somethingscan through something (for something)scan for something",
"cefr": "b1",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "I scanned the list quickly for my name.",
"contextForm": "scan something for something"
},
{
"text": "We quickly scanned the menu.",
"contextForm": "scan something"
},
{
"text": "She scanned through the newspaper over breakfast.",
"contextForm": "scan through something (for something)"
},
{
"text": "You should teach students to scan for essential information.",
"contextForm": "scan for something"
},
{
"text": "I scanned the paper for news."
},
{
"text": "He scanned through the web pages."
}
],
"collocations": {
"adverb": ["carefully", "anxiously", "frantically"],
"preposition": ["for", "across", "around"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 2,
"definition": "to look at every part of something carefully, especially because you are looking for a particular thing or person",
"sensetop": "scan something for somethingscan something",
"examples": [
{
"text": "He scanned the horizon for any sign of land.",
"contextForm": "scan something for something"
},
{
"text": "She scanned the room for an empty seat."
},
{
"text": "She scanned his face anxiously.",
"contextForm": "scan something"
},
{
"text": "She scanned the street nervously, looking for the two men."
}
],
"synonyms": "scrutinize",
"collocations": {
"adverb": ["carefully", "anxiously", "frantically"],
"preposition": ["for", "across", "around"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 3,
"definition": "to pass light over a picture or document using a scanner in order to copy it and put it in the memory of a computer",
"sensetop": "scan somethingscan something into something",
"labels": "(computing)",
"cefr": "b2",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "How do I scan a photo and attach it to an email?",
"contextForm": "scan something"
},
{
"text": "digitally scanned photographs"
},
{
"text": "This recognizes text in a scanned image."
},
{
"text": "The pencil image is scanned into a computer.",
"contextForm": "scan something into something"
}
],
"topics": ["Computers"],
"collocations": {
"adverb": ["automatically", "digitally", "electronically"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 4,
"definition": "to get an image of an object, a part of somebody’s body, etc. on a computer by passing X-rays, ultrasound waves or electromagnetic waves over it in a special machine",
"sensetop": "scan something",
"cefr": "b2",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "Their brains are scanned so that researchers can monitor the progress of the disease."
}
],
"topics": ["Healthcare"]
},
{
"senseNumber": 5,
"definition": "to pass across an area",
"sensetop": "scan something",
"examples": [
{
"text": "Concealed video cameras scan every part of the compound."
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": 6,
"definition": "to examine a computer program or document in order to look for a virus",
"sensetop": "scan (something)",
"labels": "(computing)",
"cefr": "b2",
"examples": [
{
"text": "This software is designed to scan all new files for viruses."
}
],
"topics": ["Computers"]
},
{
"senseNumber": 7,
"definition": "to have a regular rhythm according to fixed rules",
"examples": [
{
"text": "This line doesn't scan."
}
]
}
],
"pronunciations": {
"uk": [
{
"pronunciation": "/skæn/",
"audio": "sc/scan/scan__gb_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/skænz/",
"audio": "sc/scan/scans__gb_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/skænd/",
"audio": "sc/scan/scanned__gb_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈskænɪŋ/",
"audio": "sc/scan/scanning__gb_1.mp3"
}
],
"us": [
{
"pronunciation": "/skæn/",
"audio": "sc/scan/scan__us_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/skænz/",
"audio": "sc/scan/scans__us_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/skænd/",
"audio": "sc/scan/scanned__us_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈskænɪŋ/",
"audio": "sc/scan/scanning__us_1.mp3"
}
]
},
"wordOrigin": "late Middle English (as a verb in sense (5)): from Latin scandere ‘climb’ (in late Latin ‘scan (verses)’), by analogy with the raising and lowering of one's foot when marking rhythm. From ‘analyse (metre)’ arose the senses ‘estimate the correctness of’ and ‘examine minutely’, which led to ‘look at searchingly’ (late 18th cent.)."
}