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Meaning scope meaning

What does scope mean?
Definitions in simple English

scope Noun

— The scope of a book, a law, a duty, etc. is how much is includes or how far it can go. The small budget has limited the scope of the research. There are plans to expand the scope of the department's activities. This kind of art allows the greatest scope for individual expression. It is not within the scope of this book to talk about them all. — A scope is an instrument for looking at things, e.g., a telescope or a microscope.

scope Verb

— If you scope something (out), you look at it carefully. I scoped out the place last week. It seems nice.

scope

— noun (= range, reach, orbit, compass, ambit) an area in which something acts or operates or has power or control the range of a supersonic jet a piano has a greater range than the human voice 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 — noun (= telescope) a magnifier of images of distant objects — noun (= oscilloscope) electronic equipment that provides visual images of varying electrical quantities — noun (= setting) the state of the environment in which a situation exists you can't do that in a university setting

Synonyms scope synonyms

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scope English » English

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SCOPE English » English

Scientific Committee on Problems of the Environment

Topics scope topics

What do people use scope to talk about?
Person Sense, perceive See

Something used to see
Language and thought Want Ask permission

Free to do what you want

Conjugation scope conjugation

How do you conjugate scope?

scope · verb

Examples scope examples

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Simple sentences

Their scope and shape is unclear.
The problem is beyond the scope of my understanding.
This is beyond the scope of my imagination.
This subject is outside the scope of our inquiry.
It is beyond the scope of the present work to describe all the components that comprise Emmet's architectural style.
There is ample scope for improvement.
The theory of evolution surpasses the scope of my imagination.

Movie subtitles

In the grand scope of the cosmos, we've considered ourselves pretty lucky to be at just the right spot and to have all the right ingredients for life to emerge.
My dear Jekyll, you know how we all admire your work and this case does come within the scope of your research.
Service, down scope.
Down scope.
Up scope.
Down scope!
Down scope, secure tubes.
But you see, it's not exactly Within my, uh, scope of operations to speculate.
The idea that he went beyond the scope of his office to facilitate citizens' desires, and actually made the park himself, is nonsensical to those who understand our bureaucracy.
Your book is brilliant, but it lacks scope.
Now, judging from the scope. - Never mind all that.
I got a better reading on my scope. That UFO is over the west sentry post.
According to the radar scope, except for Mitch's plane, there wasn't a single, solitary object of any nature whatsoever.
Two bits it never showed up on a single radar scope.
Watch your scope very closely now.
Now, watch your scope and tell me when you see a pip on it. That is your target.
I was watching it on my scope.
Master scope set at 500 mile range.
I haven't scope enough to make you happy.
He should pick it up on his scope pretty quick.
Now, watch your scope and tell me when you see a pip on it.
Have you understood the scope of your mission?
The laser scope is transmitting.
DALEK 2: Discontinue laser scope.
DOCTOR: Mmm, I think I shall find considerable scope here.
You've just increased the scope of our work, Nibaranda.

News and current affairs

In many countries, there is considerable scope for domestic resource mobilization.
Meanwhile, unsustainable budget deficits and public debt in most advanced economies have severely limited the scope for further fiscal stimulus.
Many began to wonder whether Hollande was aware of the scope of the crisis that the recent downturn might trigger.
It is clear that there is no scope in the foreseeable future to extend the EU budget in order to increase fiscal transfers to eurozone members affected by sharp declines in consumption.
A revised version of the directive that reduces its sectoral scope and makes a number of compromises with the country-of-origin principle is now before the European Parliament.
Of course, we must limit the scope of competition: there is no reason, for example, to extend it to taxation.
Gingrich and the other Republicans have an even more aggressive agenda of cutting taxes and reducing the size and scope of government.
By contrast, the financial crisis was hardly an advertisement for expanding the scope of fixed exchange rates.
By richly awarding the elite, Lee minimized the scope for corruption.
But for countries that have scope to invest more, particularly those that are holding a surfeit of precious development dollars in idle US Treasury bills, the time may be ripe to reassess the balance of risks.
The first casualty would be whatever small scope remains for international policy coordination.
That gives Russia great scope to play one country against another.
Fortunately, emerging markets have a great deal of scope for action.
In plain English: the forecasters underestimated the extent of spare capacity and hence the scope for fiscal expansion to raise output.
The UK example is important; but, given the scope and scale of the challenges, the proposal is a relatively modest one.
In Europe, clusters of SMEs appear able to achieve economies of scale and scope, and thus to succeed collectively in global markets.
In the Middle East, despite Obama's vow to re-start the Israeli-Palestinian peace process, progress remained stymied by differences over the scope and content of an agreement and how to bring it about.
Despite another technological revolution, productivity growth is slumping again. And this time the downturn is global in scope, affecting the world's two largest economies, the US and China, most of all.
But this does not mean that there is no scope for differences.
First, he would devise a comprehensive set of economic-policy initiatives that are both feasible and desirable - and, again, the scope for major differences here is limited.
In Japan, there are concerns that it will make the country America's frontline command post in Asia, possibly beyond the scope of its bilateral security treaty with the US.
Second, it attaches careful conditions to the type and scope of American military action.
Since the Third Plenum ended and the scope of Xi's reforms has become clear, many China watchers have hailed him as the most transformative leader since Deng.
Both issues sound simpler than they are: the devil is in the details, and the details leave ample scope for disagreement over the definition, monitoring, and enforcement of terms.
Given China's growing interest in securing African votes in the UN Security Council, there is scope for collaboration.
And, at least until a certain stage of growth, economies of scale and scope beckon, with expansion abroad often the only way to increase size, given already-saturated domestic markets.
In the current environment, with a renewed focus on regulating markets, institutions, and financial instruments, some international differences in scale, scope, and application of the new rules may be inevitable.

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