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CEFRB1

/ˈskænɚ/

noun

Türkçe translations

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In plain English

  1. 01

    noun

    A device that examines, reads, or copies something electronically.

  2. 02

    noun

    Extra detail

    A device which scans documents in order to convert them to a digital medium.

Examples

  • A scanner allowed one to determine if one's leg was really broken.

  • Tom, can you show Mary how to use the scanner?

At a glance

Sits at B1 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
1
Citations
2

Deep Dive

noun

Extra meanings

  1. One who scans.

  2. A device which scans barcodes or QR codes for the purpose of charging a customer, performing a price check or enquiry, printing a price label or sticker, checking an item in or out of the store or warehouse, or finding an item ordered through click and collect and its corresponding location; a pricing gun or HHT.

  3. A radio receiver which iterates through a sequence of frequencies to detect signal.

More examples

In context

  • This scanner can see through clothes.

  • He put the picture in the scanner, then e-mailed a copy of it to his family.

  • Chorban: I'm using a small scanner to gather readings on the keepers. Chorban: So far, I've had mixed results. I find it difficult to get near the creatures.

Quick test

Two questions on this entry. Nothing is scored.

Question 1 · Quick check

The technician placed the document on the blank to convert it into a digital file.

Practise this properly in the app, where the word comes back before you forget it.

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Origin

noun

From scan + -er.