SCANS Synonyms

• a written order directing a bank to pay money

• an appraisal of the state of affairs

• the bill in a restaurant

• the state of inactivity following an interruption

• additional proof that something that was believed (some fact or hypothesis or theory) is correct

• the act of inspecting or verifying

• a mark indicating that something has been noted or completed etc.

• something immaterial that interferes with or delays action or progress

• a mark left after a small piece has been chopped or broken off of something

• a textile pattern of squares or crossed lines (resembling a checkerboard)

• the act of restraining power or action or limiting excess

• obstructing an opponent in ice hockey

• (chess) a direct attack on an opponent's king

• examine so as to determine accuracy, quality, or condition

• make an examination or investigation

• be careful or certain to do something; make certain of something

• lessen the intensity of; temper; hold in restraint; hold or keep within limits

• stop for a moment, as if out of uncertainty or caution

• put a check mark on or near or next to

• slow the growth or development of

• be verified or confirmed; pass inspection

• be compatible, similar or consistent; coincide in their characteristics

• block or impede (a player from the opposing team) in ice hockey

• develop (a child's or animal's) behavior by instruction and practice; especially to teach self-control

• consign for shipment on a vehicle

• hand over something to somebody as for temporary safekeeping

• abandon the intended prey, turn, and pursue an inferior prey

• stop in a chase especially when scent is lost

• mark into squares or draw squares on; draw crossed lines on

• decline to initiate betting

• hold back, as of a danger or an enemy; check the expansion or influence of

• place into check

• write out a check on a bank account

• find out, learn, or determine with certainty, usually by making an inquiry or other effort

• verify by consulting a source or authority

• arrest the motion (of something) abruptly

• make cracks or chinks in

• become fractured; break or crack on the surface only

• consider in detail and subject to an analysis in order to discover essential features or meaning

• observe, check out, and look over carefully or inspect

• question or examine thoroughly and closely

• question closely

• put to the test, as for its quality, or give experimental use to

• look over carefully

• come to see in an official or professional capacity

• examine carefully for accuracy with the intent of verification

• investigate scientifically

• conduct an inquiry or investigation of

• examine or consider with attention and in detail

• something that is read

• interpret something that is written or printed

• have or contain a certain wording or form

• look at, interpret, and say out loud something that is written or printed

• obtain data from magnetic tapes or other digital sources

• interpret the significance of, as of palms, tea leaves, intestines, the sky; also of human behavior

• interpret something in a certain way; convey a particular meaning or impression

• be a student of a certain subject

• indicate a certain reading; of gauges and instruments

• audition for a stage role by reading parts of a role

• to hear and understand

• make sense of a language

• to look at critically or searchingly, or in minute detail

• examine carefully for accuracy with the intent of verification

• a detailed critical inspection

• applying the mind to learning and understanding a subject (especially by reading)

• a written document describing the findings of some individual or group

• a state of deep mental absorption

• a room used for reading and writing and studying

• a branch of knowledge

• preliminary drawing for later elaboration

• attentive consideration and meditation

• someone who memorizes quickly and easily (as the lines for a part in a play)

• a composition intended to develop one aspect of the performer's technique

• consider in detail and subject to an analysis in order to discover essential features or meaning

• be a student; follow a course of study; be enrolled at an institute of learning

• give careful consideration to

• be a student of a certain subject

• learn by reading books

• think intently and at length, as for spiritual purposes

• a detailed critical inspection

• short descriptive summary (of events)

• the act of looking or seeing or observing

• consider in a comprehensive way

• look over carefully or inspect

• keep under surveillance

• hold a review (of troops)

• make a survey of; for statistical purposes

• plot a map of (land)

• a way of regarding situations or topics etc.

• the visual percept of a region

• the act of looking or seeing or observing

• the range of the eye

• a personal belief or judgment that is not founded on proof or certainty

• a message expressing a belief about something; the expression of a belief that is held with confidence but not substantiated by positive knowledge or proof

• purpose; the phrase `with a view to' means `with the intention of' or `for the purpose of'

• graphic art consisting of the graphic or photographic representation of a visual percept

• the range of interest or activity that can be anticipated

• outward appearance

• deem to be

• look at carefully; study mentally

• see or watch

• a dissolute man in fashionable society

• degree of deviation from a horizontal plane

• a long-handled tool with a row of teeth at its head; used to move leaves or loosen soil

• move through with or as if with a rake

• level or smooth with a rake

• sweep the length of

• examine hastily

• gather with a rake

• scrape gently

• something that is read

• interpret something that is written or printed

• have or contain a certain wording or form

• look at, interpret, and say out loud something that is written or printed

• obtain data from magnetic tapes or other digital sources

• interpret the significance of, as of palms, tea leaves, intestines, the sky; also of human behavior

• interpret something in a certain way; convey a particular meaning or impression

• be a student of a certain subject

• indicate a certain reading; of gauges and instruments

• audition for a stage role by reading parts of a role

• to hear and understand

• make sense of a language

• a thin layer covering the surface of a liquid

• reading or glancing through quickly

• used of milk and milk products from which the cream has been removed

• travel on the surface of water

• move or pass swiftly and lightly over the surface of

• examine hastily

• cause to skip over a surface

• coat (a liquid) with a layer

• remove from the surface

• read superficially

• an image produced by scanning

• examine hastily