Scope

/ˈskoʊp/

The meaning and definition of Scope, with examples, synonyms, and a word game to make it stick.

Definition

noun

The region of an utterance to which some modifying element applies.
“the scope of an adverb”
The breadth, depth or reach of a subject; a domain.

verb

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 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.”

Synonyms telescopic sight

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