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| scope [ skōp ] |
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1. room to act: freedom, space, or capacity to act
  not much scope for originality
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2. range covered: the range covered by an activity, subject, or topic
a question that is beyond the scope of this lecture
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3. mental capacity: the extent of somebody's mental capacity
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4. nautical mooring cable: the length of a ship's mooring cable
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5. logic range of logical operator: the range of application or boundaries of a logical operator, usually indicated by parentheses. The scope of "and" in "(p and q) or r" is limited to "p" and "q."
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transitive verb (past and past participle scoped, present participle scop·ing, 3rd person present singular scopes) |
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look at something: to look at or examine something
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slang
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Let's send the biopsy to the lab to be scoped.
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| [Mid-16th century. Via Italian scopo "aim, purpose" < Greek skopos "target"] |
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scope out to investigate or study something (informal)
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