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scope
1[ skohp ]
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.
Synonyms: liberty, room, sweep, reach, range, extent, breadth, ambit
- 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)
- Slang. to look at, read, or investigate, as in order to evaluate or appreciate.
verb phrase
- 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.
-scope
2- a combining form meaning “instrument for viewing,” used in the formation of compound words:
telescope.
-scope
1combining form
- indicating an instrument for observing, viewing, or detecting
microscope
stethoscope
scope
2/ 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.
- archaic.purpose or aim
verb
- informal.to look at or examine carefully
Derived Forms
- -scopic, combining_form:in_adjective
Other Words From
- scopeless adjective
Word History and Origins
Word History and Origins
Origin of scope1
Origin of scope2
Synonym Study
Example Sentences
As Wednesday’s meeting went on, council members introduced several amendments that, if adopted, would narrow the scope of the proposal and slow down its implementation.
And Sibylline's Justin Crump says that while Russian air defences have evolved to counter the threat of Storm Shadow within Ukraine, this task will be much harder given the scope of Moscow’s territory that could now be exposed to attack.
“A lot of the sharing or selling with third parties is outside the scope of what a consumer would reasonably expect.”
As such, it's possible that tariffs end up having a more limited scope than what's been suggested.
In addition, it only covers remains under 100 years old, meaning many historic remains would not be in scope.
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