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Meaning of scope in English
scopenoun [ U ] uk
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/skəʊp/ us
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scope noun [U]
(RANGE)
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C1 the range of a subject covered by a book, programme, discussion, class, etc.: I'm afraid that problem is beyond/outside the scope of my lecture. Oil painting does not come within the scope of a course of this kind. We would now like to broaden/widen the scope of the enquiry and look at more general matters.
More examplesFewer examplesThe campaign appears to be growing in scope and intensity.She complained that the plan was too limited in scope.The scope of those talks is still to be determined.Other schemes are much broader in their scope.The matter falls outside the scope of the present committee.
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Range and limits
all the way to idiom
ambit
anywhere
at large idiom
band
compass
finitely
finitude
gamut
glass ceiling
limit
parametrically
point spread
proviso
realm
restricted
spectrum
spread
stretch
string
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scope noun [U]
(OPPORTUNITY)
C2 the opportunity for doing something: There is limited scope for further reductions in the workforce.
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Opportunity
another/a second bite at/of the cherry idiom
be in with a shout idiom
best bet idiom
big break
fish
foot
given half a/the chance idiom
going
have a few, several, etc. irons in the fire idiom
have a field day idiom
hay
inch
iron
pass someone by
platform
room for manoeuvre idiom
second chance
shop window
the American dream
the run of something idiom
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scopeverb uk
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scope verb
(EXAMINE)
[ I or T ] to watch or examine something carefully: They think their house is being scoped by burglars. Fire investigators scoped the area for any evidence that someone had set the fires on purpose. While retailers hoped, bargain-hunters scoped.
[ T ]
medical
specialized to examine a hollow part inside the body with an endoscope (= a long, thin medical device): In those studies, doctors scoped patients' stomachs. Players on every pro team have been scoped, mostly for their knees.
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Using the eyes
accommodate
accommodation
all eyes are on someone/something idiom
astigmatic
beholder
cast
corner
discern
fix
glare
penetrating
perceive
re-see
re-sight
rest on someone/something
resurvey
rubbernecking
sighting
spot
tab
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Medical examination
scope verb
(PLAN)
[ T ] to plan something in detail before it happens, looking at everything that is involved: If the whole thing is scoped and evaluated, with sound project management, then perhaps it will be OK.
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Planning, expecting and arranging
accidentally
accidentally on purpose idiom
advertent
advisedly
aim at something
bargain
conscious
cue
game something out
game-fixing
hatch
have something in mind idiom
have something up your sleeve idiom
horizon scanning
pencil
provide
provide against something
provide for someone
provident
providently
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Phrasal verb
scope something/someone out -scopesuffix uk
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used to form nouns that refer to devices for looking at or discovering and measuring things: a microscope a telescope
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Measuring, weighing, & counting devices
beam balance
dial
fitness tracker
gage
gamma counter
gamma meter
gradation
hydrograph
indicator
light meter
micrometer
plumb line
probe
sensor
straight edge
tracker
voltmeter
wand
weather balloon
weigh station
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Related word
-scopic
(Definition of scope from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)
scope | American Dictionary
scopenoun [ U ] us
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scope noun [U]
(RANGE)
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the range of matters considered or dealt with: We are going to widen the scope of the investigation.
scope noun [U]
(OPPORTUNITY)
the opportunity for activity: There is limited scope for further reducing the workforce.
scope noun [U]
(DEVICE)
infml a device you look through to see something that is difficult to see directly, such as a microscope or a telescope
(Definition of scope from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)
scope | Business English
scopenoun [ U ] uk
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the range of things that an activity, company, law, etc. deals with: large/ambitious in scopebeyond/outside the scope of sth He involved himself in affairs beyond the scope of his job.within the scope of sth To come within the scope of the law of confidence, the information does not have to be particularly special.
the opportunity for doing something: scope for (doing) sth There is scope for further improvement.
(Definition of scope from the Cambridge Business English Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)
Examples of scope
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We give a formal specification of scopes and event mappings within a trace-based formalism adapted from temporal logic.
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In this article, the notion of scopes in event-based systems is proposed in order to incorporate an explicit structuring mechanism.
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All potential name clashes are correctly resolved by means of an indexing scheme for identically named variables that are bound in different scopes.
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Furthermore, the modal operator that is contributed by -bar scopes over the complete meaning of the particle verb.
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We wish to study systems with dynamic scopes and the integration of efficient network protocols to implement scopes.
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Now we extend the specification of a simple event system to also deal with scopes.
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Another set of data illustrates point (b) above, that any combination of the three enclitics under discussion is excluded even when they have different scopes.
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Extending confined types with generics achieves some of the flexibility of ownership types, but the number of scopes remains bounded.
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Note that there is no intended counting of scopes with the new primitives.
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More specifically, topics tend to have wider scopes as predication is involved.
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Events can only cross the boundary in a downward direction and no other features of scopes are mentioned.
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We have also given a formal specification of event systems and scopes and event mappings within a trace-based formalism adapted from temporal logic.
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Two mapping components are required to constrain the visibility of the transformed notifications to the appropriate scopes.
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Units in a system could easily be re-grouped into units of different scales to cope with problems of different scopes.
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We have introduced the notion of scopes as a powerful structuring mechanism for event-based systems.
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Collocations with scope
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ambitious scopeThe volume has ambitious scope and covers almost all potential supports and services.
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ample scopeThe appeal to history also offered ample scope for radicalization.
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broad scopeFor a start, it indicates the broad scope of the rental trade in clothes which incorporated illicit as well as licit transactions.
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What is the pronunciation of scope, -scope?
C1,C2
Translations of scope
in Chinese (Traditional)
範圍, 機遇, （做某件事的）餘地，機會…
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规模, 时机, （做某件事的）地步，时机…
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alcance, campo, ámbito…
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escopo, possibilidade, vigiar…
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व्याप्ती, आवाका, संधी…
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kapsam, fırsat, olanak…
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champ [masculine], portée [feminine], possibilité [feminine]…
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範囲（はんい）, 機会（きかい）…
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ruimte, terrein…
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ஒரு புத்தகம், நிரல், விவாதம்…
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(किसी किताब, कार्यक्रम या चर्चा द्वारा किसी एक विषय के विस्तार की) सीमा, दायरा…
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વ્યાપ, કાર્યક્ષેત્ર, તક…
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plads, rækkevidde…
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möjlighet, spelrum, [fattnings]förmåga…
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peluang, kesempatan, skop…
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der Raum, der Bereich…
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rekkevidde [masculine], ramme [masculine], mulighet [masculine]…
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حد, دسترس, گنجائش…
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можливість, простір, межі…
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пределы, масштаб, возможность…
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పుస్తకం, ప్రోగ్రామ్, చర్చ…
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কোনো বই, প্রোগ্রাম, আলোচনা…
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možnost, sféra…
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kesempatan, lingkup…
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โอกาส, ความเป็นไปได้, ขอบเขต…
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cơ hội, phạm vi, tầm…
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