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# scanning

verb form (-ing of scan: scan, scans, scanned, scanning); noun (scanning)

«scanning» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. Scanning means looking quickly over a page or a place to find something particular. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/scanning/#m1)
2. Scanning means using a machine to copy a picture or document into a computer, or to read a barcode. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/scanning/#m2)
3. In medicine, scanning means using a machine to take pictures of the inside of the body. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/scanning/#m3)

### In the lessons

Reading lessons: scanning a text for a key word, name or number (and skimming for the main idea). Everyday life: scanning shopping at a self-checkout, scanning a QR code, scanning homework into a computer. Health: hospital scans (X-ray, ultrasound, MRI). Safety: be careful scanning unknown QR codes. Phrases: scanning for, scanning the horizon, scanning a barcode.

### Examples

- I was scanning the page for the word «volcano». [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/scanning/#x1)
- The cashier is scanning our shopping. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/scanning/#x2)
- She stood scanning the crowd for her mum. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/scanning/#x3)
- Dad is scanning old photos into the computer. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/scanning/#x4)
- The doctor is scanning my arm to check for a break. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/scanning/#x5)
- The lifeguard keeps scanning the pool. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/scanning/#x6)
- Scanning helps you find a date or name quickly in a text. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/scanning/#x7)

### Note

-ing form of scan: double n (scanning, scanned). In reading: scanning = looking for a specific detail; skimming = reading quickly for the general idea — pupils often confuse them.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «scanning» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/scanning/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«scanning» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/scanning.html) on Mova free.