1the extent of the area or subject matter that something deals with or to which it is relevant:we widened the scope of our investigationsuch questions go beyond the scope of this book
2the opportunity or possibility to do or deal with something:the scope for major change is always limited by political realities
archaic a purpose, end, or intention:Plato even maintains religion to be the chief aim and scope of human life
3 informal a telescope, microscope, or other device having a name ending in -scope:infrared night scopes
4 Nautical the length of cable extended when a ship rides at anchor.
5 Linguistics & Logic the number of terms or arguments affected by an operator such as a quantifier or conjunction.
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1 (scope something out) assess or investigate something:they’d scoped out their market
set the scope of (a projected undertaking):it is important that a project is scoped correctly to ensure the budget can be accurately defined
2North American informal look at carefully; scan:they watched him scoping the room, looking for Michael
