Past tense of scan
regular verb
The past tense of scan is scanned. The past participle is also scanned.
Forms of scan
| Base form (V1) | scan /skæn/ |
|---|---|
| Past tense (V2) | scanned |
| Past participle (V3) | scanned |
| Present participle | scanning /ˈskænɪŋ/ |
| Third person singular | scans |
Scanned in a sentence
- She scanned the passage carefully but could not find what she was looking for.
- He scanned the horizon.
- Her eyes scanned up and down the page.From the entry up
- The scanned document was more legible after despeckling.From the entry despeckle
- We FTP the whole dataset to the customer after we've scanned it to ensure that no restricted data is left inside it.From the entry FTP
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.
Questions about the past tense of scan
- What is the past tense of scan?
- The past tense of scan is scanned.
- What is the past participle of scan?
- The past participle of scan is scanned.
- Is scan a regular or irregular verb?
- Scan is a regular verb: its past tense doubles the last letter and adds -ed.
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: scan (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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