scope
The breadth, depth or reach of a subject; the extent of applicability or relevance; a domain, purview or remit.
Noun 4 meanings
The breadth, depth or reach of a subject; the extent of applicability or relevance; a domain, purview or remit.
“Environmental impacts lie outside the scope of this report.”
A device used in aiming a projectile, through which the person aiming looks at the intended target.
Potential range of action; degree of freedom; opportunity.
“My job doesn't give me much scope for personal development.”
The region of program source code in which a given identifier is meaningful, or a given object can be accessed.
Verb 4 meanings
To perform a cursory investigation of; scope out.
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.”
To define the scope of something.
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.”
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.
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SCOPE at a glance
SCOPE has 5 letters and scores 9 points in Scrabble (S 1 + C 3 + O 1 + P 3 + E 1) and 11 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #4,546 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.
Rhymes with scope
All rhymesOne letter away
- SCORE7
- SLOPE7
- SCONE7
- SCAPE9
- SCOPA9
- SHOPE10
- SCOPS9
- STOPE7
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