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scan
verb (MAKE PICTURE) /skæn/ (-nn-)Definition
C1 [I or T] to use a machine to put a picture of a document into a computer, or to take a picture of the inside of something: I'll just scan the article into the computer. Volunteers' brains were scanned while they looked at the pictures. All hand luggage has to be scanned.Computer conceptsCopying and copiesForgery
(Definition of scan verb (MAKE PICTURE) from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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SMART Thesaurus: Copying and copies
Synonyms and related words:
- ape verb
- blueprint noun
- carbon copy noun (DOCUMENT)
- carbon copy noun (SAME APPEARANCE)
- carbon paper noun
- derivative adjective
- forgery noun
- hijack verb
- imaging noun
- imitate verb
- imitation adjective
- mail merge noun
- photocopy noun
- photostat noun
- piracy noun (MOVIES/MUSIC)
- pirate verb
- plagiarize verb
- reproduce verb (COPY)
- simulation noun
- take-off noun (COPY)
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