'SCOPE' definitions:
Definition of 'scope'
(from WordNet)
noun
An area in which something acts or operates or has power or control: "the range of a supersonic jet"; "a piano has a greater range than the human voice"; "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" [syn: scope, range, reach, orbit, compass, ambit]
noun
The state of the environment in which a situation exists; "you can't do that in a university setting" [syn: setting, background, scope]
noun
A magnifier of images of distant objects [syn: telescope, scope]
noun
Electronic equipment that provides visual images of varying electrical quantities [syn: oscilloscope, scope, cathode-ray oscilloscope, CRO]
Definition of 'Scope'
From: GCIDE
- Scope \Scope\, n. [It. scopo, L. scopos a mark, aim, Gr. skopo`s, a watcher, mark, aim; akin to ?, ? 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. [1913 Webster]
- Your scope is as mine own, So to enforce or qualify the laws As to your soul seems good. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- The scope of all their pleading against man's authority, is to overthrow such laws and constitutions in the church. --Hooker. [1913 Webster]
- 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. [1913 Webster]
- Give him line and scope. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- 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. [1913 Webster]
- Excuse me if I have given too much scope to the reflections which have arisen in my mind. --Burke. [1913 Webster]
- An intellectual cultivation of no moderate depth or scope. --Hawthorne. [1913 Webster]
- 3. Extended area. [Obs.] "The scopes of land granted to the first adventurers." --Sir J. Davies. [1913 Webster]
- 4. Length; extent; sweep; as, scope of cable. [1913 Webster] [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'scope'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- a leg up,
- actionability,
- affective meaning,
- ambit,
- amount,
- ample scope,
- amplitude,
- applicability,
- area,
- bearing,
- bigness,
- binoculars,
- blank check,
- body,
- breadth,
- bulk,
- caliber,
- capacity,
- carry,
- carte blanche,
- chance,
- chromatoscope,
- clear sight,
- clear stage,
- clearance,
- color vision,
- coloring,
- command,
- compass,
- comprehensiveness,
- cone vision,
- connotation,
- consequence,
- constitutional validity,
- constitutionalism,
- constitutionality,
- coverage,
- cut,
- day vision,
- daylight vision,
- degree,
- denotation,
- depth,
- diameter,
- diapason,
- dimension,
- dimensions,
- discernment,
- domination,
- drift,
- due process,
- effect,
- elbowroom,
- essence,
- expanse,
- expansion,
- extension,
- extent,
- eye,
- eye-mindedness,
- eyereach,
- eyeshot,
- eyesight,
- fair field,
- fair game,
- farsight,
- farsightedness,
- field,
- field glass,
- field of view,
- field of vision,
- force,
- free course,
- free hand,
- free play,
- free scope,
- freedom,
- full scope,
- full swing,
- fullness,
- gamut,
- gauge,
- girth,
- gist,
- glass,
- grade,
- grammatical meaning,
- greatness,
- height,
- horizon,
- idea,
- impact,
- implication,
- import,
- intension,
- interval,
- jurisdiction,
- justice,
- justiciability,
- kaleidoscope,
- keen sight,
- ken,
- largeness,
- latitude,
- lawfulness,
- leap,
- leeway,
- legal form,
- legal process,
- legalism,
- legality,
- legitimacy,
- legitimateness,
- length,
- level,
- lexical meaning,
- liberty,
- licitness,
- limit of vision,
- line of sight,
- literal meaning,
- long rope,
- magnitude,
- maneuvering space,
- margin,
- mark,
- mass,
- meaning,
- measure,
- measurement,
- naked eye,
- night vision,
- no holds barred,
- notch,
- nuance,
- occasion,
- open space,
- opening,
- opera glasses,
- opportunism,
- opportunity,
- orbit,
- oscilloscope,
- outlook,
- outlook over,
- overtone,
- pas,
- peg,
- perception,
- period,
- peripheral field,
- peripheral vision,
- periscope,
- perspective,
- perspicacity,
- perspicuity,
- pertinence,
- photopia,
- pitch,
- pith,
- place,
- plane,
- plateau,
- play,
- point,
- power of sight,
- practical consequence,
- proportion,
- proportions,
- prospect,
- purport,
- purview,
- quick sight,
- radius,
- range,
- range of meaning,
- ratio,
- reach,
- real meaning,
- reference,
- referent,
- register,
- relation,
- relevance,
- remove,
- rightfulness,
- rod vision,
- room,
- rope,
- round,
- rung,
- scale,
- scan,
- scope of vision,
- scotopia,
- sea room,
- seeing,
- semantic cluster,
- semantic field,
- sense,
- sense of sight,
- shade,
- shadow,
- sight,
- sightedness,
- sightliness,
- significance,
- signification,
- significatum,
- signifie,
- size,
- space,
- span,
- span of meaning,
- spectroscope,
- spectrum,
- sphere,
- spirit,
- spread,
- spy glass,
- stair,
- standard,
- step,
- stepping-stone,
- stereoscope,
- stint,
- stretch,
- structural meaning,
- substance,
- sum,
- sum and substance,
- survey,
- sweep,
- swing,
- symbolic meaning,
- telescope,
- tenor,
- terrestrial telescope,
- time,
- tolerance,
- totality of associations,
- transferred meaning,
- tread,
- twilight vision,
- unadorned meaning,
- undertone,
- unobstructed vision,
- validity,
- value,
- view,
- vision,
- vista,
- visual acuity,
- visual field,
- visual sense,
- volume,
- way,
- wide berth,
- wideness,
- width,
- zoom binoculars
Acronyms for 'scope'
From: V.E.R.A.
- SCalable Object Processing Environment (Creamware)
- Simple COmmunications Programming Environment (telecommunication)
- Supervisory Control Of Program Execution (OS, CDC 6000)