scope

n. range; extent; sphere, area; space, expanse; opportunity or room for action and thought

Scope may refer to:Scope (programming), the range in which a variable can be referencedSCOPE (software), name used for several 1960s-era operating systems for the Control Data Corporation 60-bit 6000 series and the CDC 7600 mainframe computersScope (project management), the sum of all projects products and their features. Limitations and inclusions of expectations, responsibilities, and objectives of a project or project plan.In mathematical logic, the "scope" of a quantifier or of any other variable-binding operator is defined in the article titled free variables and bound variablesSCOPE (TV series)Scope (linguistics), the part of a sentence over which a given word or phrase has a semantic effect.Scope (formal logic), the formula upon which a quantifier acts.
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-scope is a suffix used in English denoting viewing and observing. It derives from the scientific Latin suffix -scopium, meaning a viewing instrument, which in turn originates from the ancient Greek verb skopein, to examine.
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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"
(synonym) range, reach, orbit, compass, ambit
(hypernym) extent
(hyponym) approximate range, ballpark
2. the state of the environment in which a situation exists; "you can't do that in a university setting"
(synonym) setting, background
(hypernym) environment
(hyponym) canvas, canvass
3. a magnifier of images of distant objects
(synonym) telescope
(hypernym) magnifier
(hyponym) astronomical telescope
(part-meronym) aperture
4. electronic equipment that provides visual images of varying electrical quantities
(synonym) oscilloscope, cathode-ray oscilloscope, CRO
(hypernym) electronic equipment
(part-holonym) radar, microwave radar, radio detection and ranging, radiolocation
(part-meronym) cathode-ray tube, CRT

n. broom, besom, mop

(v. t.)
To look at for the purpose of evaluation; usually with out; as, to scope out the area as a camping site.
  

(n.)
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.
  

(n.)
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.
  

(n.)
Length; extent; sweep; as, scope of cable.
  

(n.)
Extended area.
  

A combining form usually signifying an instrument for viewing (with the eye) or observing (in any way); as in microscope, telescope, altoscope, anemoscope.