scope

Meaning

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.

Synonyms

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

Translations

portée

Umfang

ámbito

portata

Bereich

alcance

omvang

envergure

étendue

extensão

ampleur

âmbito

escopo

extensión

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈskəʊp/

Etymology

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.