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Collocations for scan - noun

1. examination by a machine

ADJECTIVE

body, whole-body
bone, brain, iris, retina, retinal
CAT, CT, MRI, PET, ultrasound
antivirus, virus
routine

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VERB + scan

get, have, obtain, undergo
carry out, do, perform, run, take
order
interpret

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scan + VERB

confirm sth, indicate sth, reveal sth, show sth
A scan revealed a small fracture in the hip area.

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scan + NOUN

data, results

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PREPOSITION

scan of
The doctors took a scan of his thigh bone.

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2. quick look

ADJECTIVE

cursory, quick
A quick scan of the local paper revealed nothing.

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PREPOSITION

scan of

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Collocations for scan - verb

1. look

ADVERB

carefully
anxiously, frantically, nervously
She scanned the street nervously, looking for the two men.
slowly
briefly, quickly, rapidly
constantly
mentally, visually

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PREPOSITION

for
I scanned the paper for news.
across, around, down, through
My eyes scanned across the horizon.
He scanned through the web pages.

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2. copy using a scanner

ADVERB

automatically
digitally, electronically, optically

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Scan is used with these nouns as the subject:
eye

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Scan is used with these nouns as the object:
card, crowd, document, email, file, ground, headline, horizon, image, Internet, list, menu, negative, newspaper, page, photograph, résumé, room, schedule, shelf, sky, surroundings, text

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