scope

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English

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈskəʊp/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈskoʊp/
• (General Australian, New Zealand) IPA^(key): /ˈskəʉp/, /ˈskɐʉp/
• (Caribbean, India, Scotland) IPA^(key): /ˈsko(ː)p/
• Hyphenation: scope
• Rhymes: -əʊp

Etymology 1

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.

Noun

scope (countable and uncountable, plural scopes)

2. The breadth, depth or reach of a subject; the extent of applicability or relevance; a domain, purview or remit.

   Synonym: compass (formal)

   Environmental impacts lie outside the scope of this report.

   Such transactions fall within the scope of VAT.

3. (weaponry) A device used in aiming a projectile, through which the person aiming looks at the intended target.

   Synonym: telescopic sight
4. Potential range of action; degree of freedom; opportunity.

   My job doesn't give me much scope for personal development.
5. (programming) The region of program source code in which a given identifier is meaningful, or a given object can be accessed.
6. (logic) The shortest sub-wff of which a given instance of a logical connective is a part.
7. (linguistics) The region of an utterance to which some modifying element applies.

8. Alternative form of 'scope (“periscope, telescope, microscope, oscilloscope”)
9. (medicine, colloquial) Any medical procedure that ends in the suffix -scopy, such as endoscopy, colonoscopy, bronchoscopy, etc.

Hyponyms

Derived terms

• in-scope
• scopeless

Descendants

• → Irish: scóp

Translations

Verb

scope (third-person singular simple present scopes, present participle scoping, simple past and past participle scoped)

1. (informal, transitive) To perform a cursory investigation of; scope out.
2. (medicine, 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. (programming) To limit (an object or variable) to a certain region of program source code.

5. (informal) To examine under a microscope.

6. (birdwatching, informal) To observe a bird using a spotting scope.

Derived terms

• scope in

Translations

Etymology 2

From Latin scopa.

Noun

scope (plural scopes)

1. (obsolete) A bundle, as of twigs.

References

Anagrams

• OPSEC, Pecos, copes, copse

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from English scope.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: scope

Noun

scope m (plural scopes)

1. (corporate jargon) scope, domain

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsko.pe/
• Rhymes: -ope
• Hyphenation: scó‧pe

Noun

scope f

1. plural of scopa

Anagrams

• cespo, pesco, pescò, speco

Latin

Noun

scope

1. vocative singular of scopus

Old English

Noun

sċope

1. dative singular of sċop