scope

Signification (Anglais)

Noun

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

Verb

1. (informal, transitive) To perform a cursory investigation of; scope out.
2. (colloquial) To perform any medical procedure that ends in the suffix -scopy, such as endoscopy, colonoscopy, bronchoscopy, etc.
3. To define the scope of something.
4. To limit (an object or variable) to a certain region of program source code.
5. (informal) To examine under a microscope.
6. (informal) To observe a bird using a spotting scope.

Concepts

portée

ampleur

envergure

étendue

oscilloscope

champ

marge

télescope

possibilité

cadre

lunette

🔭

scope

taille

place

remise

salle

surplus

temps

⌚

visibilité

zone

allonge

atteinte

boussole

🧭

lunette de visée

microscope

🔬

CRO

lunette viseur

télescope de visée

mire télescopique

lunette-viseur

but

contexte

dimension

échelle

🪜

espace

fond

🔙

lieu

limite

longue-vue

mesure

orbite

périscope

Synonymes

range

extent

limit

reach

compass

🧭

size

scale

sphere

dimension

margin

area

room

oscilloscope

volume

purview

purpose

expanse

amount

breadth

magnitude

setting

sweep

bulk

opportunity

limits

time

⌚

telescope

🔭

ambit

measure

spread

coverage

spyglass

space

structure

framework

chance

🎲

allowance

purport

orbit

extend

effect

drift

domain

background

field

plan

boundary

dimensions

intension

degree

Traductions

Umfang

ámbito

Bereich

portata

alcance

extensão

âmbito

omvang

extensión

escopo

dimensão

Dimension

ambito

Ausdehnung

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/ˈskəʊp/

Étymologie (Anglais)

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.