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1.nounThe breadth, depth or reach of a subject; a domain.
2.nounA device used in aiming a projectile, through which the person aiming looks at the intended target.
3.nounOpportunity; broad range; degree of freedom.
4.nounThe region of program source code in which a given identifier is meaningful, or a given object can be accessed.
5.nounThe shortest sub-wff of which a given instance of a logical connective is a part.
6.nounThe region of an utterance to which some modifying element applies."the scope of an adverb"
7.nounA periscope, telescope, microscope or oscilloscope.
8.nounAny medical procedure that ends in the suffix -scopy, such as endoscopy, colonoscopy, bronchoscopy, etc.
9.verbTo perform a cursory investigation of; scope out.
10.verbTo perform any medical procedure that ends in the suffix -scopy, such as endoscopy, colonoscopy, bronchoscopy, etc."The surgeon will scope the football player's knee to repair damage to a ligament."
11.verbTo limit (an object or variable) to a certain region of program source code."If we locally scope the user's login name, it won't be accessible from outside this function."
12.verbTo examine under a microscope."The entomologist explained that he could not tell what species of springtail we were looking at without scoping it."
13.verbTo observe a bird using a spotting scope.