scope

scope

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English

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈskəʊp/
  • (US) IPA(key): /ˈskoʊp/
  • 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)

  1. The breadth, depth or reach of a subject; a domain.
    Synonym: compass (formal)
  2. (weaponry) A device used in aiming a projectile, through which the person aiming looks at the intended target.
    Synonym: telescopic sight
  3. Opportunity; broad range; degree of freedom.
  4. (programming) The region of program source code in which a given identifier is meaningful, or a given object can be accessed.
  5. (logic) The shortest sub-wff of which a given instance of a logical connective is a part.
  6. (linguistics) The region of an utterance to which some modifying element applies.
  7. (slang) A periscope, telescope, microscope or oscilloscope.
  8. (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.
    The surgeon will scope the football player's knee to repair damage to a ligament.
  3. To define the scope of something.
  4. (programming) 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.
  5. (informal) To examine under a microscope.
    The entomologist explained that he could not tell what species of springtail we were looking at without scoping it.
  6. (birdwatching, informal) To observe a bird using a spotting scope.
Derived terms
  • scope in
Translations

Etymology 2

Latin scopa

Noun

scope (plural scopes)

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

References

Anagrams

  • OPSEC, Pecos, copes, copse

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

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