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Webster 1913 Edition


Scope

Scope

,
Noun.
[It.
scopo
, L.
scopos
a mark, aim, Gr.
σκοπός
, a watcher, mark, aim; akin to [GREEK], [GREEK] to view, and perh. to E.
spy
. Cf.
Skeptic
,
Bishop
.]
1.
That at which one aims; the thing or end to which the mind directs its view; that which is purposed to be reached or accomplished; hence, ultimate design, aim, or purpose; intention; drift; object.
“Shooting wide, do miss the marked scope.”
Spenser.
Your
scope
is as mine own,
So to enforce or qualify the laws
As to your soul seems good.
Shakespeare
The
scope
of all their pleading against man’s authority, is to overthrow such laws and constitutions in the church.
Hooker.
2.
Room or opportunity for free outlook or aim; space for action; amplitude of opportunity; free course or vent; liberty; range of view, intent, or action.
Give him line and
scope
.
Shakespeare
In the fate and fortunes of the human race,
scope
is given to the operation of laws which man must always fail to discern the reasons of.
I. Taylor.
Excuse me if I have given too much
scope
to the reflections which have arisen in my mind.
Burke.
An intellectual cultivation of no moderate depth or
scope
.
Hawthorne.
3.
Extended area.
[Obs.]
“The scopes of land granted to the first adventurers.”
Sir J. Davies.
4.
Length; extent; sweep;
as,
scope
of cable
.

Webster 1828 Edition


Scope

SCOPE

,
Noun.
[L. scopus; Gr. from to see or view; Heb. to see, to behold] The primary sense is to stretch or extend, to reach; properly, the whole extent, space or reach, hence the whole space viewed, and hence the limit or ultimate end.]
1.
Space; room; amplitude of intellectual view; as a free scope for inquiry; full scope for the fancy or imagination; ample scope for genius.
2.
The limit of intellectual view; the end or thing to which the mind directs its view; that which is purposed to be reached or accomplished; hence, ultimate design, aim or purpose; intention; drift. It expresses both the purpose and thing purposed.
Your scope is as mine own, so to enforce and qualify the laws, as to your soul seems good.
The scope of all their pleading against man's authority, is to overthrow such laws and constitutions of the church -
3.
Liberty; freedom from restraint; room to move in.
4.
Liberty beyond just limits; license.
Give him line and scope.
5.
Act of riot; sally; excess. Obs.
6.
Extended quantity; as a scope of land. Obs.
7.
Length; extent; sweep; as scope of cable.

Definition 2024


scope

scope

See also: -scope

English

Noun

scope (plural scopes)

  1. The breadth, depth or reach of a subject; a domain.
  2. A device used in aiming a projectile, through which the person aiming looks at the intended target
  3. (computing) The region of program source in which an identifier is meaningful.
  4. (logic) The shortest sub-wff of which a given instance of a logical connective is a part.
  5. (linguistics) The region of an utterance to which some modifying element applies.
    the scope of an adverb
  6. (slang) Shortened form of periscope, telescope, microscope or oscilloscope.

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Verb

scope (third-person singular simple present scopes, present participle scoping, simple past and past participle scoped)

  1. To perform a cursory investigation, as to scope out.
  2. (slang) To perform arthroscopic surgery.
    The surgeon will scope the football player's knee to repair damage to a ligament.
  3. (slang) To examine under a microscope.
    The entomologist explained that he could not tell what species of springtail we were looking at without scoping it.

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Italian

Noun

scope f

  1. plural of scopa

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Latin

Noun

scope

  1. vocative singular of scopus