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Scope

Definitions: Scope

Scope

Noun

1. An area in which something acts or operates or has power or control: "the range of a supersonic jet"; "the ambit of municipal legislation"; "within the compass of this article"; within the scope of an investigation"; "outside the reach of the law"; "in the political orbit of a world power".

2. The state of the environment in which a situation exists; "you can't do that in a university setting".

3. A magnifier of images of distant objects.

4. Electronic equipment that provides visual images of varying electrical quantities.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "scope" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1321. (references)



Specialty Definitions: Scope

DomainDefinitions

Computing

SCOPE Software Evaluation and Certification Programme Europe. An ESPRIT project. (1995-04-12) scope The scope of an identifier is the region of a program source within which it represents a certain thing. This usually extends from the place where it is declared to the end of the smallest enclosing block (begin/end or procedure/function body). An inner block may contain a redeclaration of the same identifier in which case the scope of the outer declaration does not include (is "shadowed" or "occluded" by) the scope of the inner. See also activation record, dynamic scope, lexical scope. (1994-11-01). Source: The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing.

Aerospace

The general Abbreviation for an instrument of viewing, such as telescope, microscope, and oscilloscope. In radar installations, the cathode-ray oscilloscope indicators are commonly referred to as scopes or radarscopes.Because of possible ambiguity this term should be avoided in formal reports. (references)

Electrical Engineering

Any electronic device - i. e. oscilloscope (waveform monitor) or vectorscope - which is used to display and measure the television signal. Source: European Union. (references)

Fine Arts

The use of interchangeable lenses extends the -- of a camera. Source: European Union. (references)

Information

Total subject areas emb/aced by a documentation service. Source: European Union. (references)

Mathematics

In sample surveys a certain subgroup of a population may be of particular interest. Such a sub-group of interest is called a "domain". Domains frequently cut across the strata and the various stage units of a sample. Formulae for domains cutting across strata have been devised. Source: European Union. (references)

Statistics

The subject of statistical study. Source: European Union. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Specialty Definition: Scope

(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)

The scope of a given activity or subject is the area or range of what it covers.

In computer programming, the scope of an identifier refers to where and when in the program the identifier can be referenced. Scope applies to all identifiers in a program, but it is mostly used for variables, functionss and classeses.

For example, the scope of a variable refers to where in the program the variable can be accessed and/or modified. For a function, to where the function can be called, and so on.

Common scope levels:

Scope is usually hierarchical: a variable declared at local scope (for example, as a local variable inside a function) supersedes the same variable declared at global scope. All references to this variable inside the function will manipulate the locally-defined variable. Outside the function, they will manipulate the globally-defined variable.

Because of this automatic scope handling, careful magamenent of variable, class and function names should be a requirement for any non-trivial program. It is considered good programming practice to make variables as narrow a scope as feasible so that different parts of your program do not accidentally interact with each other by modifying each other's variables. Common techniques for doing so are to have different sections of your program use different namespaces, or else make individual variables private through either dynamic variable scoping or lexical variable scoping.

Also the term used in firearms for a telescopic sight.

Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Scope."

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Abbreviations & Acronyms: Scope

The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted.

EntrySourceExpressionField

SCOPE

EnglishSurveillance and Control of Pathogens of Epidemiologic ImportanceN/A

SCOPE

ItalianComitato Scientifico sui Problemi AmbientaliEnvironment

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Synonyms: Scope

Synonyms: ambit (n), background (n), cathode-ray oscilloscope (n), compass (n), orbit (n), oscilloscope (n), range (n), reach (n), setting (n), telescope (n). (additional references)

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Synonyms within Context: Scope

ContextSynonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).

Degree

Noun: degree, grade, extent, measure, amount, ratio, stint, standard, height, pitch; reach, amplitude, range, scope, caliber; gradation, shade; tenor, compass; sphere, station, rank, standing; rate, way, sort.

Freedom

Verb: be free; Adjective: have scope; Noun: have the run of, have one's own way, have a will of one's own, have one's fling; do what one likes, do what one wishes, do what one pleases, do what one chooses; go at large, feel at home, paddle one's own canoe; stand on one's legs, stand on one's rights; shift for oneself.

Set free; (liberate); give a loose to; (permit); allow scope; n. to, give scope; n. to; give a horse his head.

Scope, range, latitude, play; free play, full play, free scope, full scope; free stage and no favor; swing, full swing, elbowroom, margin, rope, wide berth; Liberty Hall.

Imagination

Noun: meaning; signification, significance; sense, expression; import, purport; force; drift, tenor, spirit, bearing, coloring; scope.

Permission

Give carte blanche, give the reins to, give scope to; (freedom); leave alone, leave it to one, leave the door open; open the door to, open the flood gates; give a loose to.

Space

Noun: space, extension, extent, superficial extent, expanse, stretch, hyperspace; room, scope, range, field, way, expansion, compass, sweep, swing, spread.

Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

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Crosswords: Scope

Specialty definitions using "scope": A Programming Language, acquired rights clause, activation record, alternate water terminal, ANSI, antithetic transform, AUDITOR, TAX, azimuth markerBasel Convention, BEVELER, PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARDS, blanked scope, bound variable, brochurewarecall-by-value-result, clinical veterinaria, Collecting plan, common management information protocol, contract work, counter-example, creative arts, creative expression, creative subjects, cross-section analysisDATA BASE DESIGN ANALYST, DATA COMMUNICATIONS TECHNICIAN, declaration of generally binding nature of a collective agreement, DEFENSIVE FIRE CONTROL SYSTEMS OPERATOR, DIRECTOR, EDUCATION, DIRECTOR, EXTENSION WORK, director, industrial nursin, DIRECTOR, OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH NURSING, DIRECTOR, OPERATIONS, DISPATCHER, SERVICE, domain engineering, DRILL-PRESS OPERATOR, PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARDS, dynamic link, dynamic scope, dynamic scoping, dynamically scopedeconomies of scope, eigendomsverhoudingen, electronic scanner operator, Enterprise Resource Planning, EuLisp, EXECUTIVE SECRETARY, STATE BOARD OF NURSING, expressive arts, expressive subjectsFederal Crop Insurance Reform Act of 1994, FIELD-SERVICE ENGINEER, FIRE-EQUIPMENT INSPECTOR, first-order logic, free variableGeneral Public Virus, Genetics, Behavioral, glide scope, Government OSI ProfileHungarian NotationIdealized CSP, INCOMPOSSIBLE, Instructions to the Committee, International Polar Year, Issue Resolution/Change Control BoardJOB ANALYSTLANDSCAPE CONTRACTOR, laser-beam-color-scanner operator, layer entity, lexical scope, lexical scoping, LIAISON ENGINEERMachiavellism, major water terminal, MANAGER, AUTOMOBILE SERVICE STATION, MANAGER, PROPERTY, Mission Statementnegative example, network level relay, Neutrosophy, normal field, NUCLEAR-TEST-REACTOR PROGRAM COORDINATORObjectLOGO, off-side rule, oi, open ended, optical-glass inspectorPersonality Assessment, personnel analyst, PIG, PPI scope, programme-managing body, programmer operator, numerical control, progressive disease, PROJECT DIRECTOR, project managerqualified opinionrange marker, RefLisp, riding scopesalient features of a project, SCANNER OPERATOR, schedule clerk. (references)
Etymologies containing "scope": AstroscopeLactoscopeskeptic. (references)
Non-English Usage: "Scope" is also a word in the following language with English translations in parentheses.

French (oscilloscope, scope).

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Modern Usage: Scope

DomainUsage

Screenplays

Nothing you would understand; It's beyond your scope! (Cedric the Entertainer Presents; writing credit: Charles Peattie; Mark Warren)

Forget the bird and use the scope you silly wanker! (Reign of Fire; writing credit: Damon Packard)

And such puny scope. Nothing but the worst in man's nature. (Quills; writing credit: Doug Wright)

What wonderful intstruments! The Ear Scope! The Teletalker, that knows everything! (Santa Claus; writing credit: René Cardona; Adolfo Torres Portillo)

Lyrics

It's a radar scope in all silver and all platinum lights ("Birdland"; performing artist: Patti Smith)

Movie/TV Titles

ABC Scope (1964)

Silent Scope 3 (2003)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Commercial Usage: Scope

DomainTitle

References

  • Scope Industries: International Competitive Benchmarks and Financial Gap Analysis (reference)

    (more reference examples)

  

Books

  • A Theory of the State : Economic Rights, Legal Rights, and the Scope of the State (reference)

  • Animal Rights: History and Scope of a Radical Social Movement (reference)

  • Human Knowledge: Its Scope and Limits (reference)

  • Information Technologies and Global Politics: The Changing Scope of Power and Governance (Suny Series in Global Politics) (reference)

  • Scope of Total Architecture (reference)

    (more book examples)

  

Periodicals

  

Music

  

High Tech

  

Consumer Goods

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Image Slideshow: Scope

Photos:
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Photo Album: Scope

ThumbnailDescription & CreditThumbnailDescription & Credit

Diagram depicting depth of water as related to angle and scope of dredge rope for operations conducted off the United States Fish Commission Steamer ALBATROSS . Cut 68 in: "Deep-sea exploration : A General Description of the Steamer ALBATROSS, Her Appliances and Methods," by Zera L. Tanner. 1897. NOAA Central Library Call No. VM453 .T36 1897 .Credit: Sailing for Science - the NOAA Fleet Then and Now.

Hunter with scope.Credit: Unknown.

Archery hunter with scope.Credit: Unknown.

Diorama by Norman Bel Geddes, depicting the attack by USS Enterprise (CV-6) and USS Yorktown (CV-5) dive bombers on the Japanese aircraft carriers Akagi, Kaga and Soryu in the morning of 4 June 1942. The diorama was created during World War II on the basis of information then available. It is therefore somewhat inaccurate in scope and detail. This angle of view depicts Soryu (attacked by Yorktown aircraft) in the middle distance, with Kaga and Akagi (both attacked by Enterprise aircraft) as the closer two burning ships.Credit: NAVY.

Remote PPI radar scope image, photographed as the seaplane tender entered Tokyo Bay with U.S. occupation forces, 28 August 1945. The scope is set at ten-mile scale.Credit: NAVY.

Ensign William H. Cheatham, Officer of the Deck, checks the radar scope for surface contacts during his bridge watch, 13-26 May 1978. The ship was then taking part in Operation "Solid Shield 1978". Ensign Cheatham is wearing a Special Warfare pin.Credit: NAVY.

USS Denver (CL-58) SG radarscope image, showing the situation at time 0100 ½, just before opening fire. Denver is the bright spot in the center of the scope, with other U.S. ships ahead, steaming SSW. The large white patch at left is Kolombangara and that at right is New Georgia. The large spot just off the Kolombangara shore is the Japanese destroyers Minegumo and Murasame, both of which were sunk in this action.Credit: NAVY.

Comic book illustration (without text) depicting a man leaning against a coin-operated viewing scope in a city park and staring into the distance, recalling the September 11th terrorist attack on the World Trade Center, New York City] / Story: Don McGreg.Credit: Library of Congress.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Familiar Quotations: Scope

AuthorQuotation

Gail Hamilton

Every person is responsible for all the good within the scope of his abilities, and for no more, and none can tell whose sphere is the largest.

St. John Chrysosatom

Charity is the scope of all God's commands.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Use in Literature: Scope

TitleAuthorQuote

Les Miserables

Hugo, Victor

Nihilism has no scope.

Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man

Joyce, James

The first step in the direction of truth is to understand the frame and scope of the intellect itself, to comprehend the act itself of intellection.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Non-Fiction Usage: Scope

SubjectTopicQuote

Health

You may be asked to change position occasionally to help the physician move the scope. (references)

The scope also blows air into these organs, which inflates them and helps the physician see better. (references)

The physician can also insert instruments into the scope to remove samples of tissue (biopsy) for further tests. (references)

Business

Tires are therefore included in the scope of this report. (references)

Consequently, the scope of this report also partially covers that industry. (references)

Thus, it is difficult to determine accurately the scope of human rights abuses. (references)

Children

Mexico

During the year, the Commission held seven Regional Forums with experts and local NGO's to raise awareness and evaluate the scope of discrimination in Mexico. (references)

Australia

In 1992 the High Court ruled that the right to consent to the sterilization of a minor is not within the ordinary scope of parents' or guardians' powers, except in limited circumstances. (references)

Civil Liberties

Vietnam

To obtain official recognition, a group must obtain government approval of its leadership and the overall scope of its activities. (references)

Economic History

Japan

In JFY96, the scope of losses that qualify for this special measure was expanded. (references)

Cote D'ivoire

Cote d'Ivoire's financial system, while limited in scope, is sound and functional. (references)

Egypt

Foreign investors may own up to 100% of businesses within the scope of this legislation. (references)

Human Rights

Korea

Judges generally allow considerable scope for examination of witnesses by both the prosecution and defense. (references)

Chile

The CODEPU and the Corporation to Defend the Rights of Juveniles (CODEJU) greatly reduced their scope of activity during the year. (references)

Czech Republic

The prosecution was halted in order to determine whether the crime of which he is accused fell within the scope of a 1990 presidential amnesty. (references)

Minorities

Togo

Discrimination extends into the public sector, where the centralization of the State allows little scope for regional or ethnic autonomy, except through the circumscribed authority of traditional rulers and the use of dispute resolution systems. (references)

Netherlands

Government policies that are broad in scope and intent promote the integration of racial and ethnic minorities, and in general citizens are averse to discrimination and unequal treatment and support integration; however, integration remained a problem, and immigrant groups faced some discrimination. (references)

Political Economy

UNITED ARAB EMIRATES

Given these goals, the bank does not have the scope to engage in independent monetary policy. (references)

Political Rights

Burkina Faso

The irregularities cited by observers in the actual voting process were limited in number and scope and did not appear to affect the ultimate outcome of the election. (references)

Kenya

This prohibition, in conjunction with a ruling by the Speaker of the Assembly that some aspects of the President's conduct are inappropriate topics for parliamentary debate, has limited the scope of deliberation on a number of political issues. (references)

Trade

Turkey

Traditional agricultural products are outside the scope of the Customs Union. (references)

Women

France

Women's rights groups have criticized the scope of the law as narrow and the fines and compensatory damages as often modest. (references)

Poland

Observers note that the broad scope of the office's mandate dilutes its ability to function as an effective advocate of women's issues. (references)

Worker Rights

Pakistan

Labor leaders continued to criticize the reform package as too limited in scope. (references)

Lexicography

Devil's Dictionary

PIG, n. An animal (Porcus omnivorus) closely allied to the human race by the splendor and vivacity of its appetite, which, however, is inferior in scope, for it sticks at pig.

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

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Spoken Usage: Scope

SpeakerPhrase(s)

Lynne Cheney

Oh, it's such a big job, you know. And it gives you the scope to use all of the experience and the talent that you've developed over the years.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Speeches: Scope

SpeakerTermPhrase(s)

Andrew Jackson

1829-1837For the justice of the laws passed by the States within the scope of their reserved powers they are not responsible to this Government.

Abraham Lincoln

1861-1865Yet, with all this scope of precedent, I now enter upon the same task for the brief constitutional term of four years under great and peculiar difficulty.

John F. Kennedy

1961-1963To seize that initiative, I shall shortly send to the Congress a new five-year Trade Expansion Action, far-reaching in scope but designed with great care to make certain that its benefits to our people far outweigh any risks.

Ronald Reagan

1981-1989We can begin by limiting the size and scope of government.

George W. Bush

2001-2005Our discoveries in Afghanistan confirmed our worst fears, and showed us the true scope of the task ahead.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Usage Frequency: Scope

"Scope" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 99.76% of the time. "Scope" is used about 3,400 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)
Parts of SpeechPercentUsage per
100 Million Words
Rank in English
Noun (singular)99.76%3,3922,839
Noun (proper)0.15%5157,705
Noun (common)0.09%3202,518
                    Total100.00%3,400N/A

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Usage in Company Names: Scope

CountryName
USA

Scope Industries

 (more examples...)

Source: compiled by the editor from Icon Group International, Inc.

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Expressions: Scope

Expressions using "scope": a scope an undertaking of wide scope blanked scope dynamic scope economies of scope endless scope finder scope give scope give smb. full scope lexical scope radar scope radar scope overlay radar scope photography riding scope scope note scope of authority short scope buoy static scope within the scope of. Additional references.

Hypenated Usage

Ending with "scope": C-scope, outside-the-scope.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Scope

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

rifle scope

1,003

scope

710

spotting scope

516

leupold scope

303

night vision scope

146

weaver scope

143

simmons scope

141

burris scope

116

bushnell scope

115

scope trial

111

redfield scope

103

silent scope

99

red dot scope

97

scope mount

92

tasco scope

89

bsa scope

88

nikon scope

87

gun scope

79

high scope

74

scope monkey trial

73
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translations: Scope

Language Translations for "scope"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Albanian

  

shtrirje (compass, dimension, elongation, expansion, extension, extent, lie, make believe, prolongation, proportions, rame, ramification, range, reach, spread, spreading, stretch, swing), sferë (area, ball, domain, field, front, globe, globule, level, orb, range, realm, region, sphere, world), rast (case, chance, circumstance, event, handle, happening, instance, matter, occasion, piece, place, possibility), qëllim (aim, ambition, aspiration, cause, design, designation, end, goal, idea, intent, intention, Mark, mission, notion, object, objective, point, purport, purpose, target, term, thought, view), mundësi (capability, capacity, chance, eventuality, handle, ingress, likelihood, look in, odds, opportunity, possibility, potential, potentiality, power, presumption, probability, space, wherewithal), liri veprimi (discretion, latitude, leeway), kufij (confines, range), ide themelore, horizont (horizon, reach, skyline, span, width), fushë (area, board, branch, champaign, cornfield, country, court, deposit, dial, domain, face, field, ground, major, plain, range, realm, region, side, world). (various references)

   

Arabic 

  

‏فرصة (break, chance, holiday, occasion, opportunity, show, way), ‏منظار الأفق (periscope), ‏مجهر (binocular, binoculars, microscope), ‏مجال (area, domain, field, province, purview, range, reach, room, space, stretch), ‏مدى (ambit, amplitude, carry, extent, gage, gauge, incidence, latitude, length, ocean, range, reach, space, stretch, sweep), ‏جهاز رؤيا, ‏إمكانية (chance, possibility, potency, potential, prospect), ‏إطار (cadre, case, casement, casing, frame, framework, framing, rim, setting, stretcher, surroundings). (various references)

   

Bulgarian 

  

сфера (area, demesne, globe, orb, province, purview, range, reach, realm, region, sphere), размах (amplitude, spread, stroke, swish), цел (aim, ambition, consummation, designation, destination, effect, end, goal, intent, intention, mission, object, objective, point, purport, purpose, target, turn), телескоп, широта (amplitude, breadth, extent, latitude, spaciousness, width), кръгозор (horizon, view), компетенция (capacity, cognizance, competence, competency, province, purview, reference), възможност (chance, eventuality, likelihood, look in, margin, possibility, potential, potentiality, power, show), обсег (ambit, amplitude, area, coverage, extent, field, incidence, length, orb, purview, radius, range, reach, shot, spread, swing), обхват (compass, coverage, extent, orb, radius, range, spread, sweep), намерение (aim, aiming, animus, design, drift, intent, intention, motion, notion, object, plan, purpose, thought, view), микроскоп (glass, microscope), простор (elbow room, expanse, margin, play, vast, vastness, vent). (various references)

   

Chinese 

  

范圍 (extent, range), 范围 (Purview, Range, Ranges, Scopes), 規模 (extent, scale), 眼界 (ken), 範圍 (limit, range). (various references)

   

Czech

  

rozsah (amount, extension, extent, Gage, gauge, magnitude, range, size, span, spread), rámec (cadre, framework, mould, rim), prostor (area, place, room, space), možnost (choice, contingency, course, eventuality, eventually, facility, opportunity, possibility, potentiality), chápavost (comprehension, prehension). (various references)

   

Danish

  

virkefelt, undersoegelsesomraade (field of coverage), omraade der behandles (domain of study), analysegruppe (domain of study). (various references)

   

Dutch

  

scoop (exclusive, oscilloscope, scoop), toepassingsgebied (field of coverage), oscilloscoop (cathode-ray oscilloscope, oscilloscope, signal monitor), gebied dat bestreken wordt (field of coverage), doelpopulatie (domain of study), beschermingsomvang (breadth), bereik (domain, range, reach, span). (various references)

   

Farsi 

  

فحوا (Tenor), میدان دید (Purview, Visibility), میدان (Aim, Ground, Place, Plaza, Purview, Ring, Square), مفاد (Content, Context, Intent, Purporst, Sense, Significance, Substance, Tenor, Text), منظور (Intent, Intention, Prick, Purpose, Sake), مطمح نظر, هدف (Aim, Butt, Cause, Goal, Mark, Object, Parrot, Point, Prick, Purpose, Sight, Target, Victim), نقطه توجه , قلمرو (Circle, Dominion, Milieu, Orbit, Territory, Zone), طرح نهاءی , ازادی عمل (Latitude). (various references)

   

Finnish

  

vaikutusalue (area of influence, catchment area, tributary area, zone of attraction), osajoukko (domain of study), alue (administrative area, area, district, domain, realm, region, territory). (various references)

   

French

  

scope, portée. (various references)

   

German

  

Umfang (amount, area, breadth, bulk, capacity, circ., circum., circumference, compass, complexity, comprehensiveness, dimension, elaborateness, extend, extent, fatness, girt, girth, heaviness, largeness, length, n., outline, perimeter, periphery, range, scale, size, span, spread, thoroughness, volume), Reichweite (carry, overlap, range, reach, throw), Anwendungsbereich (applicability, area of application, field of application, field of coverage, required coverage). (various references)

   

Greek 

  

έκταση (area, cast-off, denotation, distention, distraction, expanse, expansion, extension, extent, fall, lengthiness, purview, range, reach, spread, stretch, tract), σκοπόσ (aim, animus, cause, design, effect, end, intension, intent, object, objective, purport, purpose, purview, sake, sentinel, sentry, tenor, view), στάδιο (career, fur, leg, stadium, stage), βλέψη (aim, ambition, aspiration), πρόθεση (intension, intent, intention, preposition, prosthesis, purpose), περιοχή μελέτης (domain of study), περιθώριο (allowance, border, margin, selvedge), πεδίο ισχύος, πεδίο εφαρμογής (field of coverage), πεδίο δράσησ, ευκαιρία (bargain, chance, chance of, occasion, opportunity, opportunity for), θέα (outlook, prospect, scenery, sight, view, visibility, vista). (various references)

   

Hebrew 

  

מכשיר ראי", מרחב (area, expanse, magnitude, region, space), תחום (area, border, bound, boundary, compass, confines, domain, limit, mete, orb, precinct, radius, range, realm, region, sphere, sweep, territory, zone), "קף (circuit, circumference, compass, extent, girth, periphery, range, sphere, sweep). (various references)

   

Hungarian

  

kiterjedés (ambit, bulk, coverage, dimension, enlargement, expanse, expansion, extend, extension, extent, latitude, measurement, outspread, range, reach, size, spaciousness, spread, stretching), terület (area, bailiwick, bawn, building site, countryside, district, domain, ground, grounds, land, location, mop-up, place, province, region, reservation, sphere, terrain, territory, zone), tér (carfax, clearance, field, ground, place, plaza, public square, range, room, space, square, stretch), radarernyő, oszcilloszkóp (oscilloscope), műveleti hatókör, működési lehetőség, kör (circle, circuit, compass, coterie, cycle, cyclo, lap, range, ring, rondure, round, social club, sphere), képcső (picture tube), hatáskör (ambit, authority, cognizance, competence, competency, extent, function, jurisdiction, limit of power, orbit, pale, province, purview, reach, scope of authority, sphere of action), határ (border, borderline, bound, boundary, confine, end, extent, frontier, limit, line, line of demarcation, Marge, measure, mere, mete, termination, unambiguous, verge), hatály (effect, extent), alkalmazási terület, érvényességi tartomány, érvény (force). (various references)

   

Indonesian

  

luasnya (ampleness, area, extent, immensity, width), lapangan (airdrome), cakupan (law quality), bidang (area, broad, plane, sector, stretch). (various references)

   

Italian

  

scopo (aim, drift, end, goal, intent, object, point, purpose, sake, target, use, view), portata (carload, carry, carrying capacity, compass, course, delivery capacity, discharge, flow, flow rate, fluid yield, importance, jet stream, liquid output, liquid stream, nozzle output, output, portage, range, rate of flow, reach, run-off, software portage, span, spray output, streamflow, sweep, throw, yield), campo (block, branch, break, camp, category, course, domain, field, laager, magnetic domain, playing field, plot, range, reach, span, tether). (various references)

   

Japanese Kanji 

  

軟派 (flirt, moderate party, scam, skirt chaser, soft school), 余裕 (allowance, composure, margin, room, rope, surplus, time). (various references)

   

Japanese Katakana 

  

な"ぱ (flirt, moderate party, scam, shipwreck, skirt chaser, soft school), きぼ (plan, scale, structure), スコープ , よゆう (allowance, composure, margin, room, rope, surplus, time), よち (earth, foreknowledge, foresight, intimation, margin, place, prediction, premonition, room, world), は"い (extent, malice, range, sphere, spirit of rebellion). (various references)

   

Korean 

  

"위 (Range, Ranges, REACH, Scopes). (various references)

   

Manx

  

reamys (elbow-room, liberty, room, space, way). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

opescay

   

Portuguese

  

alcance (ability, aptitude, attain, attainability, blow, carry, compasses, competence, competency, embezzler, extent, grasp, grasping distance, horizontal grasp, importance, latitude, meaning, overtake, power, purview, radius, range, reach, significance, signification, span, sphere, sweep, talent, theft, throw). (various references)

   

Romanian

  

sferã de acţiune (area), scop (aim, butt, consummation, design, designation, effect, end, goal, intent, intention, Mark, meaning, mission, object, objective, order, purpose, serve, target, turn, use), proporţii (amplitude, extent, measure, proportion, size), posibilitãţi (ability, means), orbitã (circle, eyehole, orbit, range, sphere), libertate (choice, clearness, freedom, latitude, liberty), latitudine (latitude, parallel), gamã (Diapason, gamut, palette, range, scale, series), domeniu (area, branch, damper, demesne, department, direction, domain, estate, field, kingdom, line, parish, realm, space, sphere), competenţã (ability, authority, capacity, cognizance, competence, efficiency, expertness, fitness, jurisdiction, province, purview, reference), câmp (acre, field, ground, plain, range, sphere), aparat optic, întindere (area, compass, expanse, expansion, extension, extent, field, flatting, length, measure, pull up, reach, space, spread, stretch, stretching, surface, sweep, width). (various references)

   

Russian 

  

сфера деятельности (scope of activities), сфера действия (incidence), кругозор (eyesight, horizon, range of vision), контекст (context, environment), компетенция (attribution, cognizance, competence, competency, terms of reference), границы (admeasure, ambit, confines, metes and bounds), возможности (facilities), область видимости (visibility scope), простор (amplitude, elbow room, elbowroom, rangeland, vastness), предел (ambit, bound, butting, circumference, confine, deadline, flash point, limit, measure, precinct, stint, term, tether, threshold). (various references)

   

Serbo-Croatian

  

prostor (expanse, locale, room, space, tract), polje (field, land, lea), područje (domain, plane, radius, tertitory), obim (ambit, amplitude, bulk, circumference, extent, girth, latitude, parameter, perimeter, volume). (various references)

   

Spanish

  

ámbito (ambit, range), alcance (carry, chase, compass, extent, fetch, grasp, overtaking, purview, range, ranging, reach, reaching-in, shot, size, stretch, throw). (various references)

   

Swedish

  

räckvidd (carry, fetch, grasp, grasping distance, horizontal grasp, incidence, purview, range, reach, significance, sweep), omfattning (amplitude, comprehension, embracing, extent, incidence, largeness, magnitude, significance, vastness). (various references)

   

Thai

  

โอกาส (occasion, opening, room), กล้องส่องทางไกล (binoculars, field glasses), ขอบเขต (border, boundary, circuit, end, extent, limit, orbit, reach, sweep, tether). (various references)

   

Turkish

  

ufuk (horizon), olanak (facility, handle, possibility, potentiality, the possible), niyet (aim, contemplation, counsel, design, determination, faith, idea, intent, intention, plan, pulse, purpose, resolution, resolve, sense, thought, will), kapsam (compass, comprehension, comprehensiveness, content, extent, gauge), faaliyet alanı (field of activity, scene), amaç (aim, bourn, Bourne, cause, consummation, design, destination, dream, drift, function, goal, idea, ideal, intent, intention, meaning, mission, object, objective, plan, point, purpose, purview, sense, target, terminus, turn, use, view, wherefore, will), alan (acceptor, ambit, area, arena, buyer, compass, consignee, court, courtyard, domain, extent, field, maidan, pitch, plaza, public square, purchaser, range, reach, realm, recipient, region, space, sphere, square, susceptive, theater, theatre, tract, yard). (various references)

   

Ukranian 

  

можливість (chance, contingency, eventuality, feasibility, occasion, possibility, power, resource), межі (ambit), масштаб (area, caliber, calibre, gauge, measure, scale, zodiac). (various references)

   

Vietnamese 

  

phạm vi (bound, context, demesne, diapason, extent, line, measure, scale, way), mục đích (design, errand, goal, mark, purport, purpose, sake), dịp (occasion), ý định (aim, design, drift, intent, intention, turn, will). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Ancestral Language Translations: Scope

LanguagePeriodTranslations
Greek700 BCE-300 CE

skopein, skopos. (various references)

Latin500 BCE-Modern

arta, arte, arteman, artis, arto, artum, campi, campis, campo, camporum, campos, campum, campumque, campus, conprehensione. (various references)

Italian900-Modern

scopo. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Derivations & Misspellings: Scope

Derivations

Words beginning with "scope": scoped, scopes. (additional references)

Words ending with "scope": arthroscope, bioscope, borescope, bronchoscope, cryoscope, cystoscope, dichroscope, electroscope, endoscope, epidiascope, episcope, fetoscope, fiberscope, fluoroscope, galvanoscope, gastroscope, gyroscope, hagioscope, hodoscope, horoscope, iconoscope, kaleidoscope, kinescope, kinetoscope, laparoscope, laryngoscope, microscope, myoscope, nephoscope, nightscope, ophthalmoscope, oscilloscope, otoscope, periscope, polariscope, radarscope, sniperscope, spectrohelioscope, spectroscope, spinthariscope, statoscope, stereomicroscope, stereoscope, stethoscope, stroboscope, synchroscope, tachistoscope, telescope, thermoscope, ultramicroscope, urethroscope. (additional references)

Words containing "scope": arthroscopes, bioscopes, borescopes, bronchoscopes, cryoscopes, cystoscopes, dichroscopes, electroscopes, endoscopes, epidiascopes, episcopes, fetoscopes, fiberscopes, fluoroscoped, fluoroscopes, galvanoscopes, gastroscopes, gyroscopes, hagioscopes, hodoscopes, horoscopes, iconoscopes, kaleidoscopes, kinescoped, kinescopes, kinetoscopes, laparoscopes, laryngoscopes, microscopes, myoscopes, nephoscopes, nightscopes, ophthalmoscopes, oscilloscopes, otoscopes, periscopes, polariscopes, radarscopes, sniperscopes, spectrohelioscopes, spectroscopes, spinthariscopes, statoscopes, stereomicroscopes, stereoscopes, stethoscopes, stroboscopes, synchroscopes, tachistoscopes, telescoped, telescopes, thermoscopes, ultramicroscopes, urethroscopes. (additional references)


Misspellings

"Scope" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Csepel, escope, nccop, Ncopa, ncopf, oscopic, scape, Scappa, scappe, sccop, Schoeppe, schop, schope, Schopf, scipe, Scipo, Scippa, scode, scoe, Scoope, scop, scopa, scoper, Scopex, scopf, scople, scopo, scorpae, scorpen, scote, scoupe, scove, Scpe, Scroope, scrope, Scuole, Scupe, Scupi, scype, skeppe, skoe, skole, skope, skopo, snope, sopi, spope. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Rhyming with "Scope"

# of Phoneme MatchesPronunciationWord(s) rhyming with "scope" (pronounced skō"p)
3-k ō" pcope.

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

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Anagrams: Scope

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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Direct Anagrams: copes, copse.

Words within the letters "c-e-o-p-s"

-1 letter: ceps, cope, cops, epos, opes, pecs, peso, pose, scop, spec.

-2 letters: cep, cop, cos, oes, ope, ops, ose, pec, pes, sec, sop.

-3 letters: es, oe, op, os, pe, so.

 Words containing the letters "c-e-o-p-s"
 

+1 letter: copens, copers, copies, copses, corpse, coupes, epochs, ponces, scoped, scopes.

 

+2 letters: capotes, cheapos, closeup, coempts, compels, compose, coopers, copecks, copiers, coppers, copters, corpses, cotypes, couples, cowpeas, cowpies, crepons, croupes, escalop, forceps, hospice, kopecks, peascod, piceous, poaches, pockets, poetics, polices, pomaces, pooches, porches, pouches, pounces, process, prosect, recoups, scapose, scooped, scooper, shoepac, syncope, toecaps.

 

+3 letters: apocopes, bioscope, canopies, capsomer, capstone, cesspool, chompers, chopines, choppers, closeups, collapse, compares, compeers, compends, comperes, competes, compiles, complies, composed, composer, composes, compotes, compress, comprise, computes, concepts, conspire, copepods, copihues, copperas, coppices, copydesk, corpsmen, corpuses, couplers, couplets, coverups, cowpokes, cowpoxes, cropless, croppers, croppies, crowstep, cupreous, cyclopes, decapods, despotic, ecotypes, ectopias, episcope, episodic, escallop, escalops, exocarps, forcipes, hencoops, hospices, incorpse, lockstep, mesocarp, myoscope, necropsy, occupies, octuples, opalesce, opencast, opuscule, otoscope, outpaces, panoches, peacoats, peacocks, peascods, peasecod, pedocals, penoches, penstock, percoids, petcocks, picotees, pinocles, placebos, poaceous, poachers, pockiest, polecats, polemics, policies, pollices, popsicle, postcode, postface, postiche, postrace, potences, potiches, pouncers, precious, precodes, precooks, precools, prefocus, prescore, proceeds, procures, produces, projects, prosects, prospect, protects, pycnoses, recopies, scoopers, scopulae, scorepad, scrooped, sheepcot, shoepack, shoepacs, specious, sprocket, subepoch, supercop, syncopes, wicopies.

 

+4 letters: acceptors, aerospace, alopecias, apotheces, ascospore, bioscopes, borescope, cachepots, calliopes, calotypes, calypsoes, campesino, camporees, canephors, capeworks, caponiers, caponizes, capouches, caprioles, capsomers, capstones, caryopses, cenotaphs, cerotypes, cesspools, chaperons, chassepot, chenopods, chophouse, choppiest, ciphonies, clodpates, clodpoles, clupeoids, coappears, codpieces, coemploys, collapsed, collapses, compadres, companies, comparers, compassed, compasses, compilers, complects, completes, complexes, complices, compliers, complines, composers, composite, composted, composure, comprised, comprises, comprizes, computers, conceptus, conepates, conepatls, conspired, conspires, contempts, cooperies, coparents, copasetic, copemates, copesetic, copestone, copperahs, copremias, copresent, coprinces, copulates, copydesks, copyedits, copyreads, coreopsis, cornpones, corpuscle, coryphees, coverslip, croupiers, croupiest, crowsteps, cryoscope, decompose, decouples, depictors, ecosphere, ectoplasm, encompass, endocarps, endoscope, endoscopy, epicotyls, episcopal, episcopes, epsilonic, escallops, escaloped, fetoscope, fetoscopy, footpaces, gyroscope, helicopts, hodoscope, horoscope, hypothecs, inceptors, incorpsed, incorpses, inspector, kinescope, lipocytes, locksteps, lycopenes, mesocarps, miscopied, miscopies, moonscape, myoscopes, nonspeech, nosepiece, occupiers, octopodes, octopuses, octuplets, opacifies, opacities, opalesced, opalesces, operatics, operceles, opercules, opulences, opuscules, otoscopes, outcapers, outprices, overcrops, oxpeckers, packhorse, peasecods, pecorinos, pectorals, penoncels, penstocks, perfectos, pericopes, periscope, phenolics, phonemics, phonetics, picadores, picolines, picomoles, pinecones, pinochles, placeboes, plectrons, poachiest, pocketers, poechores, poeticism, pomaceous, popsicles, populaces, portances, porticoes, postcavae, postcodes, postfaces, postiches, potencies, potlaches, pouchiest, poultices, precensor, precision, precursor, preschool, prescored, prescores, princoxes, procaines, processed, processes, processor, procurers, producers, proscenia, proscribe, prosected, prosector, prosecute, prospects, provinces, proxemics, psychoses, pumiceous, puncheons, receptors, recompose, recouples, replicons, reprocess, scalloped, scalloper, scapegoat, scapolite, scolloped, scorepads, sharecrop, sheepcote, sheepcots, shoepacks, showpiece, showplace, slipcover, snowscape, someplace, spaceport, spectator, splotched, splotches, sporicide, sprockets, stockpile, stonecrop, subepochs, supercoil, supercool, supercops, superjock, syncopate, telescope, toepieces, townscape, twopences, uncouples.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: Scope


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

53 63 6F 70 65

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)

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Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)

Braille (1829, in France) (references)

Morse Code (1836) (references)

...    -.-.    ---    .--.    .

Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01010011 01100011 01101111 01110000 01100101

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#83 &#99 &#111 &#112 &#101

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0053 0063 006F 0070 0065

British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

5369818271

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Crosswords
4. Usage: Modern
5. Usage: Commercial
6. Images: Slideshow
7. Images: Photo Album
8. Quotations: Familiar
9. Quotations: Fiction
10. Quotations: Non-fiction
11. Quotations: Spoken
12. Quotations: Speeches
13. Usage Frequency
14. Names: Company Usage
15. Expressions
16. Expressions: Internet
17. Translations: Modern
18. Translations: Ancient
19. Abbreviations
20. Acronyms
21. Derivations
22. Rhymes
23. Anagrams
24. Orthography
25. Bibliography


  

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