"scan" meaning in English

See scan in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

IPA: /skæn/ Audio: en-us-scan.ogg [US] Forms: scan [canonical], scans [third-person, singular], scanned [past], scanned [past, participle], scanning [present, participle]
Head templates: {{verb|scan|n}} [POS TABLE]
  1. An act of looking through something quickly.
    Sense id: simple-scan-en-verb-k8hsO9GE
     
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  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "scan",
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        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "scans",
      "tags": [
        "third-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "scanned",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "scanned",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "participle"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "scanning",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "participle"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "scan",
        "2": "n"
      },
      "expansion": "[POS TABLE]",
      "name": "verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "I scanned through the page to find the information I was looking for."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "An act of looking through something quickly."
      ],
      "id": "simple-scan-en-verb-k8hsO9GE",
      "raw_tags": [
        "transitive & intransitive"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/skæn/"
    },
    {
      "audio": "en-us-scan.ogg",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Audio"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "scan"
}

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    {
      "form": "scan",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "scans",
      "tags": [
        "third-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "scanned",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "scanned",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "participle"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "scanning",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "participle"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "scan",
        "2": "n"
      },
      "expansion": "[POS TABLE]",
      "name": "verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Intransitive verbs",
        "Transitive verbs"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "I scanned through the page to find the information I was looking for."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "An act of looking through something quickly."
      ],
      "raw_tags": [
        "transitive & intransitive"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/skæn/"
    },
    {
      "audio": "en-us-scan.ogg",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Audio"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "scan"
}

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