- extent or range of view, outlook, application, operation, effectiveness, etc.: an investigation of wide scope.
- space for movement or activity; opportunity for operation: to give one's fancy full scope.
- extent in space; a tract or area.
- length: a scope of cable.
- aim or purpose.
- the range of words or elements of an expression over which a modifier or operator has control: In “old men and women,” “old” may either take “men and women” or just “men” in its scope.
- (used as a short form of microscope, oscilloscope, periscope, radarscope, riflescope, telescopic sight, etc.)
- to look at, read, or investigate, as in order to evaluate or appreciate.
- scope out, Slang.
- to look at or over; examine; check out: a rock musician scoping out the audience before going on stage.
- to master; figure out: By the time we'd scoped out the problem, it was too late.
- a combining form meaning “instrument for viewing,” used in the formation of compound words: telescope.
- opportunity for exercising the faculties or abilities; capacity for action
- range of view, perception, or grasp; outlook
- the area covered by an activity, topic, etc; range
- slack left in an anchor cable
- that part of an expression that is governed by a given operator: the scope of the negation in PV– (q ∧ r) is –(q ∧ r)
- informal short for telescope, microscope, oscilloscope
- purpose or aim
- to look at or examine carefully
- indicating an instrument for observing, viewing, or detecting
