scope

[ skohp ]

/ skoʊp /

noun

extent or range of view, outlook, application, operation, effectiveness, etc.: an investigation of wide scope.

space for movement or activity; opportunity for operation: to give one's fancy full scope.

extent in space; a tract or area.

length: a scope of cable.

aim or purpose.

Linguistics, Logic. the range of words or elements of an expression over which a modifier or operator has control: In “old men and women,” “old” may either take “men and women” or just “men” in its scope.

(used as a short form of microscope, oscilloscope, periscope, radarscope, riflescope, telescopic sight, etc.)

verb (used with object), scoped, scop·ing.

Slang. to look at, read, or investigate, as in order to evaluate or appreciate.

Verb Phrases

scope out, Slang.

to look at or over; examine; check out: a rock musician scoping out the audience before going on stage.
to master; figure out: By the time we'd scoped out the problem, it was too late.

Origin of scope

1525–35; < Italian scopo < Greek skopós aim, mark to shoot at; akin to skopeîn to look at (see -scope)

SYNONYMS FOR scope

1 See range.

2 margin, room, liberty.

OTHER WORDS FROM scope

scope·less, adjective

Words nearby scope

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scope out

verb (tr)

to assess the potential of an opportunity or suggestion a scoping-out study

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scope

/ (skəʊp) /

noun

opportunity for exercising the faculties or abilities; capacity for action plenty of scope for improvement

range of view, perception, or grasp; outlook

the area covered by an activity, topic, etc; range the scope of his thesis was vast

nautical slack left in an anchor cable

logic linguistics that part of an expression that is governed by a given operator: the scope of the negation in PV– (q ∧ r) is –(q ∧ r)

informal short for telescope, microscope, oscilloscope

archaic purpose or aim

verb (tr)

informal to look at or examine carefully

Word Origin for scope

C16: from Italian scopo goal, from Latin scopus, from Greek skopos target; related to Greek skopein to watch

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scope

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verb (used with object), scoped, scop·ing.

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BROWSE DICTIONARY

Learning

scope

noun

verb (used with object), scoped, scop·ing.

Verb Phrases

Origin of scope

SYNONYMS FOR scope

OTHER WORDS FROM scope

Words nearby scope

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