scope

• Noun

  1. The breadth, depth or reach of a subject; a domain.
  2. A device used in aiming a projectile, through which the person aiming looks at the intended target.
  3. Opportunity; broad range; degree of freedom.
  4. The region of program source code in which a given identifier is meaningful, or a given object can be accessed.
  5. The shortest sub-wff of which a given instance of a logical connective is a part.
  6. The region of an utterance to which some modifying element applies.
  7. (slang) A periscope, telescope, microscope or oscilloscope.
  8. (colloquial) Any medical procedure that ends in the suffix -scopy, such as endoscopy, colonoscopy, bronchoscopy, etc.

• Verb