scope
[ skohp ]
/ skoʊp /
noun
verb (used with object), scoped, scop·ing.
Slang. to look at, read, or investigate, as in order to evaluate or appreciate.
Verb Phrases
scope out, Slang.
- to look at or over; examine; check out: a rock musician scoping out the audience before going on stage.
- to master; figure out: By the time we'd scoped out the problem, it was too late.
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Origin of scope
First recorded in 1525–35; from Italian scopo, from Greek skopós “aim, mark to shoot at”; akin to skopeîn “to look at” (see -scope)
synonym study for scope
1. See range.
OTHER WORDS FROM scope
scopeless, adjectiveWords nearby scope
scooter, scoot over, scop, scopa, Scopas, scope, scope out, Scopes, Scopes trial, scoping, scoping study
Definition for scope (2 of 2)
-scope
a combining form meaning “instrument for viewing,” used in the formation of compound words: telescope.
Compare -scopy.
Origin of -scope
<New Latin -scopium<Greek -skopion, -skopeion, equivalent to skop(eîn) to look at (akin to sképtesthai to look, view carefully; cf. skeptic) + -ion, -eion noun suffix
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British Dictionary definitions for scope (1 of 2)
scope
/ (skəʊp) /
noun
verb (tr)
informal to look at or examine carefully
See also scope out
Word Origin for scope
C16: from Italian scopo goal, from Latin scopus, from Greek skopos target; related to Greek skopein to watch
British Dictionary definitions for scope (2 of 2)
-scope
n combining form
indicating an instrument for observing, viewing, or detectingmicroscope; stethoscope
Derived forms of -scope
-scopic, adj combining formWord Origin for -scope
from New Latin -scopium, from Greek -skopion, from skopein to look at
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Medical definitions for scope
-scope
suff.
An instrument for viewing or observing:bronchoscope.
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