scope

noun · verbA2

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noun
Plural noun:
scopes
  1. 1.

    (countable, uncountable)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.

    Such transactions fall within the scope of VAT.

    Đồng nghĩa: compass

  2. 2.

    (countable, uncountable)(weaponry) A device used in aiming a projectile, through which the person aiming looks at the intended target.

    Đồng nghĩa: telescopic sight

  3. 3.

    (countable, uncountable)Potential range of action; degree of freedom; opportunity.

    My job doesn't give me much scope for personal development.

  4. 4.

    (countable, uncountable)(programming) The region of program source code in which a given identifier is meaningful, or a given object can be accessed.

  5. 5.

    (countable, uncountable)(logic) The shortest sub-wff of which a given instance of a logical connective is a part.

  6. 6.

    (countable, uncountable)(linguistics) The region of an utterance to which some modifying element applies.

    the scope of an adverb

  7. 7.

    (abbreviation, alt of, countable, ellipsis, uncountable)Ellipsis of any word ending in -scope, such as endoscope, periscope, telescope, microscope, oscilloscope, and so on.

  8. 8.

    (colloquial, countable, uncountable)(medicine, colloquial) Any medical procedure that ends in the suffix -scopy, such as endoscopy, colonoscopy, bronchoscopy, etc.

  9. 9.

    (obsolete)A bundle, as of twigs.

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verb
V_es/s
scopes
V_ing/Gerund
scoping
V_ed/pp
scoped
  1. 1.

    (informal, transitive)To perform a cursory investigation of; scope out.

  2. 2.

    (colloquial)(medicine, colloquial) 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.

  3. 3.

    To define the scope of something.

  4. 4.

    (programming) 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.

  5. 5.

    (informal)To examine under a microscope.

    The entomologist explained that he could not tell what species of springtail we were looking at without scoping it.

  6. 6.

    (informal)(birdwatching, informal) To observe a bird using a spotting scope.

Từ liên quan

Đồng nghĩa

compasstelescopic sightambit

Cùng gốc / liên quan

beyond one's scopebeyond someone's scopein-scopescopelessbeyond one's scope/beyond someone's scope

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