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scope
Audio Help [skohp] Pronunciation Key noun, verb, scoped, scop·ing.
Audio Help [skohp] Pronunciation Key noun, verb, scoped, scop·ing. –noun
–verb (used with object)
—Verb phrase
| 1. | extent or range of view, outlook, application, operation, effectiveness, etc.: an investigation of wide scope. |
| 2. | space for movement or activity; opportunity for operation: to give one's fancy full scope. |
| 3. | extent in space; a tract or area. |
| 4. | length: a scope of cable. |
| 5. | aim or purpose. |
| 6. | Linguistics, Logic. 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. |
| 7. | (used as a short form of microscope, oscilloscope, periscope, radarscope, riflescope, telescopic sight, etc.) |
| 8. | Slang. to look at, read, or investigate, as in order to evaluate or appreciate. |
| 9. | scope out, Slang.
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| Main Entry: | scope | |
| Part of Speech: | adjective | |
| Synonyms: | comprehensive, jurisdictional, latitudinal, latitudinous, panoramic | |
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| Main Entry: | scope | |
| Part of Speech: | noun | |
| Synonyms: | ambit, area, bailiwick, capacity, cognizance, compass, comprehensiveness, diapason, dimension, distance, domain, extension, extent, field, gamut, goal, grasp, influence, intent, jurisdiction, latitude, leeway, length, lexicon, liberty, margin, orbit, outlook, panorama, preserve, province, purview, radius, range, reach, room, span, spectrum, sphere, sweep, tether, vision | |
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| Roget's II: The New Thesaurus | Cite This Source | |
| Main Entry: | grasp | |
| Part of Speech: | noun | |
| Definition: | The ability or power to seize or attain. | |
| Synonyms: | capacity, compass, range, reach | |
| Source: | Roget's II: The New Thesaurus, Third Edition by the Editors of the American Heritage® Dictionary. Copyright © 2003, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved. | |
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