scope
noun
[ skəʊp ]
• the extent of the area or subject matter that something deals with or to which it is relevant.
• "we widened the scope of our investigation"
Similar:
extent,
range,
breadth,
width,
reach,
sweep,
purview,
span,
stretch,
spread,
horizon,
area,
sphere,
field,
realm,
compass,
orbit,
ambit,
terms of reference,
field of reference,
jurisdiction,
remit,
confine,
limit,
gamut,
competence,
• the opportunity or possibility to do or deal with something.
• "the scope for major change is always limited by political realities"
Similar:
opportunity,
freedom,
latitude,
leeway,
capacity,
liberty,
room,
room to manoeuvre,
elbow room,
play,
possibility,
chance,
wriggle room,
wiggle room,
• a telescope, microscope, or other device having a name ending in -scope.
• "infrared night scopes"
• the length of cable extended when a ship rides at anchor.
• the number of terms or arguments affected by an operator such as a quantifier or conjunction.
scope
verb
• assess or investigate something.
• "they'd scoped out their market"
• look at carefully; scan.
• "they watched him scoping the room, looking for Michael"
Origin:
mid 16th century (in the sense ‘target for shooting at’): from Italian scopo ‘aim’, from Greek skopos ‘target’, from skeptesthai ‘look out’. scope (sense 3 of the noun) is derived from -scope.
-scope
combining form
• denoting an instrument for observing, viewing, or examining.
• "microscope"
Origin:
from modern Latin -scopium, from Greek skopein ‘look at’.
