scope
IPA: skˈoʊp
noun
- The breadth, depth or reach of a subject; a domain.
- (weaponry) A device used in aiming a projectile, through which the person aiming looks at the intended target.
- Opportunity; broad range; degree of freedom.
- (programming) The region of program source code in which a given identifier is meaningful, or a given object can be accessed.
- (logic) The shortest sub-wff of which a given instance of a logical connective is a part.
- (linguistics) The region of an utterance to which some modifying element applies.
- (slang) A periscope, telescope, microscope or oscilloscope.
- (medicine, colloquial) Any medical procedure that ends in the suffix -scopy, such as endoscopy, colonoscopy, bronchoscopy, etc.
- (obsolete) A bundle, as of twigs.
verb
- (informal, transitive) To perform a cursory investigation of; scope out.
- (medicine, colloquial) To perform any medical procedure that ends in the suffix -scopy, such as endoscopy, colonoscopy, bronchoscopy, etc.
- To define the scope of something.
- (programming) To limit (an object or variable) to a certain region of program source code.
- (informal) To examine under a microscope.
- (birdwatching, informal) To observe a bird using a spotting scope.
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Examples of "scope" in Sentences
- The scope of the dread is narrow.
- The use of the scope is optional.
- The scope is defined in the header.
- The scope of the project is outdated.
- To broaden the scope of understanding.
- The scope of the convention is limited.
- In the scope of the standard, it is slang.
- It is beyond the scope of the arbitration.
- The difference is in the scope of the articles.
- The scoping of the enumeration is also defined as the enumeration name's scope.
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