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