Definition for Scanning:

• the process of translating photographs into a digital form that can be recognized by a computer

Synonyms for Scanning:

• n.

  •act (noun)
  • scanning.

• v.

  •behold (verb)
  • earmark,
  • discern,
  • observe,
  • descry,
  • watch,
  • view,
  • distinguish,
  • spot,
  • lay eyes on,
  • notice,
  • spy,
  • perceive,
  • eye,
  • see,
  • eyeball,
  • scan,
  • note,
  • catch,
  • witness,
  • feast one's eyes.
  •browse (verb)
  • peruse,
  • thumb through wander,
  • riff through,
  • pass an eye over,
  • graze,
  • inspect loosely,
  • read here and there,
  • give the once over,
  • riffle through,
  • examine cursorily,
  • hit the high spots,
  • check over,
  • once over lightly,
  • feed,
  • get the cream,
  • read,
  • skip through.
  •canvass (verb)
  • review,
  • consult,
  • solicit,
  • inspect,
  • debate,
  • run,
  • agitate,
  • apply,
  • analyze,
  • ventilate,
  • campaign,
  • sift,
  • electioneer,
  • argue,
  • scrutinize,
  • dispute.
  •compare (verb)
  • measure,
  • juxtapose,
  • bracket,
  • hold a candle to,
  • collate,
  • set against,
  • divide,
  • equal,
  • hang,
  • oppose,
  • balance,
  • set side by side,
  • parallel,
  • contrast,
  • ponder,
  • touch,
  • weigh against another,
  • segregate,
  • place in juxtaposition,
  • correlate,
  • match,
  • stack up against,
  • weigh,
  • confront,
  • match up,
  • separate,
  • rival,
  • approach.
  •consider (verb)
  • meditate,
  • dream of,
  • take into account,
  • flirt with,
  • think over,
  • assent to,
  • speculate,
  • concede,
  • revolve,
  • grant,
  • muse,
  • toss around,
  • cogitate,
  • take under advisement,
  • recognize,
  • take up,
  • envisage,
  • reason,
  • mull over,
  • excogitate,
  • deal with,
  • look at,
  • keep in mind,
  • ruminate,
  • Perpend,
  • allow for,
  • deliberate,
  • provide for,
  • chew over,
  • subscribe to,
  • acknowledge,
  • reckon with,
  • reflect,
  • see about,
  • favor,
  • think out.
  •contemplate (verb)
  • peer,
  • pore over,
  • penetrate,
  • stare at,
  • pry,
  • probe,
  • audit,
  • pierce,
  • behold.
  •dip into (verb)
  • appropriate,
  • taste,
  • play at,
  • dabble,
  • rifle through,
  • take,
  • get,
  • seize.
  •examine (verb)
  • explore,
  • appraise,
  • winnow,
  • try,
  • check out,
  • pat down,
  • reconnoiter,
  • prove,
  • criticize,
  • look over,
  • turn over,
  • scrutinate,
  • frisk,
  • delve into,
  • research,
  • screen,
  • assay,
  • parse,
  • look see,
  • go through,
  • dig into,
  • go into,
  • scope,
  • go over,
  • search into,
  • canvass,
  • case,
  • pick at,
  • vet,
  • prospect.
  •examining (verb)
  • surveying,
  • Considering,
  • Contemplating,
  • Inspecting,
  • verifying,
  • perusing,
  • Scrutinizing,
  • studying,
  • reviewing,
  • Examining,
  • Checking,
  • observing.
  •eye (verb)
  • have a look,
  • take in,
  • leer,
  • keep eagle eye on,
  • take a look,
  • rubberneck,
  • gape,
  • ogle,
  • give the eye.
  •scan (verb)
  • investigate,
  • thumb through,
  • glance over,
  • look,
  • sweep,
  • dip into,
  • skim,
  • regard,
  • rumble,
  • take a gander,
  • give the once-over,
  • scour,
  • overlook,
  • browse,
  • run through,
  • flip through,
  • inquire,
  • have a look-see,
  • look through,
  • examine,
  • take stock of,
  • contemplate,
  • leaf through,
  • run over,
  • riffle,
  • look up and down,
  • size up,
  • study,
  • riff,
  • search,
  • consider,
  • check,
  • survey,
  • glance at.

• Other synonyms:

  •n.
  • photography,
  • replication,
  • reproduction.

Paraphrases for Scanning:

• Equivalence

  • Adjective
    scan.
  • Proper noun, singular
    scan, scans.
  • Noun, plural
    scan, scans.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    scan.

• Independent

  • Adjective
    browsing.
  • Proper noun, singular
    scanner, browsing, exploration, detecting, analysis, Analyses.
  • Noun, plural
    Screenings, scanners, detections, listings, searches, determinations, collections, registers, searchers, Registries, discusses, Tests, Directories, catalogues, repositories, assesses, Surveys, Inventories, EXAMS, notebooks, Indexes, repertoires, menus, wipes, rosters, repertories, pools, Wiping, analysis, Analyses.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    digitising, microscopy, imaging, browsing, exploration, analysis.
  • Verb, gerund or present participle
    canvassing, investigating, Ascertaining, researching, troubleshooting, Considering, appreciation, identifying, probing, recognising, fetching, surfacing, Capturing, Harnessing, watch, Overseeing, tracing, recognition, pinpointing, surveying, profiling, revising, Discussing, Attaining, devising, exploiting, gratitude, engineering, pursuing, combing, studying, striving, Gauging, Elaborating, reaching, controlling, Roaming, vetting, walking, breaking, Desiring, sounding, looking, surfing, traveling, travelling, mining, digitising, browsing, detecting, Analyses, screening.

• Other Related

  • Adjective
    Scanned.
  • Proper noun, singular
    digitization, digitisation, screening.
  • Noun, plural
    sweeps.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    digitalisation, digitalization, digitization, scanner, digitisation, detecting, screening.
  • Verb, gerund or present participle
    reading, Wiping, analysis.

Scanning Sentence Examples:

• Scanning, and exercise, and Greek; I have done them all.

• Then, in time, a lightfooted, lightfingered troop of Arabs dashed into the little valley, sharply scanning the ground to right and left for forgotten weapons worth the picking up.

Homophones for Scanning:

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Hyponym for Scanning:

• n.

  • act
    replication, reproduction.
  • process
    photography.