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scan in Arabic

مَحَّصَ maḥḥaṣa

UK/skæn/

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British/skan/

scan in Arabic: مَحَّصَ (maḥḥaṣa), تَمَعَّنَ (tamaʕʕana), مَسَحَ ضَوْئِيًّا (masaḥa ḍawʔiyyan). In English, scan means to examine sequentially, carefully, or critically; to scrutinize; to behold closely.

Arabic words for scan

to examine sequentially, carefully, or critically; to scrutinize; to behold closely
مَحَّصَ maḥḥaṣa, تَمَعَّنَ tamaʕʕana
create an image of something with the use of a scanner
مَسَحَ ضَوْئِيًّا masaḥa ḍawʔiyyan

English meaning of scan

  1. verb To examine sequentially, carefully, or critically; to scrutinize; to behold closely.
  2. verb To inspect, analyse or go over, often to find something.
  3. verb To look about for; to look over quickly.
  4. verb To perform lexical analysis; to tokenize.

Full definition of scan

scan in a sentence

  • She scanned the passage carefully but could not find what she was looking for.
  • He scanned the horizon.
  • to scan the hard drive for errors

Synonyms of scan

scan in other languages

Questions about scan in Arabic

What is the meaning of scan in Arabic?
Scan in Arabic is مَحَّصَ (maḥḥaṣa), تَمَعَّنَ (tamaʕʕana), مَسَحَ ضَوْئِيًّا (masaḥa ḍawʔiyyan).
ما معنى كلمة scan؟
Scan: مَحَّصَ (maḥḥaṣa), تَمَعَّنَ (tamaʕʕana), مَسَحَ ضَوْئِيًّا (masaḥa ḍawʔiyyan).
What does scan mean in English?
Scan means to examine sequentially, carefully, or critically; to scrutinize; to behold closely.

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