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scope

1

[ skohp ]

noun

  1. extent or range of view, outlook, application, operation, effectiveness, etc.:

    an investigation of wide scope.

  2. space for movement or activity; opportunity for operation:

    to give one's fancy full scope.

    Synonyms: , , , , , , ,

  3. extent in space; a tract or area.
  4. length:

    a scope of cable.

  5. aim or purpose.
  6. 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.

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


verb (used with object)

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

verb phrase

  1. Slang.
    1. to look at or over; examine; check out:

      a rock musician scoping out the audience before going on stage.

    2. to master; figure out:

      By the time we'd scoped out the problem, it was too late.

-scope

2
  1. a combining form meaning “instrument for viewing,†used in the formation of compound words:

    telescope.

-scope

1

combining form

  1. indicating an instrument for observing, viewing, or detecting

    microscope

    stethoscope

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

scope

2

/ ²õ°ìəʊ±è /

noun

  1. opportunity for exercising the faculties or abilities; capacity for action

    plenty of scope for improvement

  2. range of view, perception, or grasp; outlook
  3. the area covered by an activity, topic, etc; range

    the scope of his thesis was vast

  4. nautical slack left in an anchor cable
  5. logic linguistics that part of an expression that is governed by a given operator: the scope of the negation in ±Ê³Õ– ( q ∧ r ) is –( q ∧ r )
  6. informal.
  7. archaic.
    purpose or aim
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

verb

  1. informal.
    to look at or examine carefully
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • -scopic, combining_form:in_adjective
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  • ²õ³¦´Ç±è±ðl±ð²õ²õ adjective
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of scope1

First recorded in 1525–35; from Italian scopo, from Greek ²õ°ì´Ç±èó²õ “aim, mark to shoot atâ€; akin to ²õ°ì´Ç±è±ðî²Ô “to look at†( -scope )

Origin of scope2

< New Latin -scopium < Greek -skopion, -skopeion, equivalent to skop ( ±ðî²Ô ) to look at (akin to ²õ°ìé±è³Ù±ð²õ³Ù³ó²¹¾± to look, view carefully; skeptic ) + -ion, -eion noun suffix
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of scope1

from New Latin -scopium, from Greek -skopion, from skopein to look at

Origin of scope2

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

See range.
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Example Sentences

Cho noted that Yoon acknowledged sending troops to occupy the country’s election commission, an independent constitutional institution that does not fall under the scope of martial law.

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