skimming
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2.9
- noun
- /ˈskɪmɪŋ/
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lectura rápida
- As mentioned earlier, one of the aims of FL teachers is to promote reading strategies such as skimming, scanning, and guessing meaning from context.
Examples
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Content skimming isn't limited to the list-type articles I mentioned at the beginning of this post.
Blog text (5) -
Can a user who is in skimming mode glance at the ad and see its value right away?
Blog text (5) -
And that skimming is something where we really could use some, some tools.
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On further skimming through the results, we seem to disagree rather often.
Blog text (7) -
Teachers should engage students in discussions about what it means to read and how effective readers choose to read in different ways (e.g., careful reading, normal reading, rapid reading, skimming) for different purposes.
Academic text (2014) -
The examples that are given range from studiously examining large tomes to rapidly skimming citations, references, or any type of full text that piques our interest.
Academic text (2014) -
The key to effective reading is skimming to get the gist of the material quickly.
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Many students find that skimming is a useful technique for quickly reviewing large amounts of text.
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During the meeting, she practiced skimming the reports to highlight the most important points.
Synonyms
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2.8
Looking through things like books or shops without a clear aim
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4.1
A quick, casual look through books, magazines, or websites
Compounds
How Thorough
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Skimming comes from an old word meaning 'to move lightly over a surface', like a stone that skips across water. So to skim a text is to move your eyes quickly over it to get the main idea.