scope.
The breadth, depth or reach of a subject; the extent of applicability or relevance; a domain, purview or remit.
Meaning & usage
The breadth, depth or reach of a subject; the extent of applicability or relevance; a domain, purview or remit.
Environmental impacts lie outside the scope of this report.
Such transactions fall within the scope of VAT.
A device used in aiming a projectile, through which the person aiming looks at the intended target.
Potential range of action; degree of freedom; opportunity.
My job doesn't give me much scope for personal development.
The region of program source code in which a given identifier is meaningful, or a given object can be accessed.
The shortest sub-wff of which a given instance of a logical connective is a part.
The region of an utterance to which some modifying element applies.
the scope of an adverb
Ellipsis of any word ending in -scope, such as endoscope, periscope, telescope, microscope, oscilloscope, and so on.
Any medical procedure that ends in the suffix -scopy, such as endoscopy, colonoscopy, bronchoscopy, etc.
Where this word comes from
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *speḱ- Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *spéḱyeti Proto-Hellenic *sképt͏̌omai Ancient Greek σκέπτομαι (sképtomai) Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *-ós Proto-Indo-European *-ós Proto-Hellenic *-ós ▲ Ancient Greek -ος (-os)influ. Ancient Greek -ός (-ós) Ancient Greek σκοπός (skopós)bor. Late Latin scopusder. Italian scopoder. English scope From Italian scopo (“purpose”), from Latin scopus (“target”), from Ancient Greek σκοπός (skopós), from σκέπτομαι (sképtomai), from Proto-Indo-European *speḱ-. Etymologically related to skeptic and spectrum.
To perform a cursory investigation of; scope out.
To perform any medical procedure that ends in the suffix -scopy, such as endoscopy, colonoscopy, bronchoscopy, etc.
The surgeon will scope the football player's knee to repair damage to a ligament.
To define the scope of something.
To limit (an object or variable) to a certain region of program source code.
If we locally scope the user's login name, it won't be accessible from outside this function.
To examine under a microscope.
The entomologist explained that he could not tell what species of springtail we were looking at without scoping it.
To observe a bird using a spotting scope.
Where this word comes from
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *speḱ- Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *spéḱyeti Proto-Hellenic *sképt͏̌omai Ancient Greek σκέπτομαι (sképtomai) Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *-ós Proto-Indo-European *-ós Proto-Hellenic *-ós ▲ Ancient Greek -ος (-os)influ. Ancient Greek -ός (-ós) Ancient Greek σκοπός (skopós)bor. Late Latin scopusder. Italian scopoder. English scope From Italian scopo (“purpose”), from Latin scopus (“target”), from Ancient Greek σκοπός (skopós), from σκέπτομαι (sképtomai), from Proto-Indo-European *speḱ-. Etymologically related to skeptic and spectrum.
A bundle, as of twigs.
Where this word comes from
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *skeh₂p- Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *skoh₂péh₂ Proto-Italic *skōpā Latin scopader. English scope Derived from Latin scopa.
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