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scope
Noun
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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.
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A scope is an instrument for looking at things, e.g., a telescope or a microscope.
scope
Verb
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If you scope something (out), you look at it carefully.
I scoped out the place last week. It seems nice.
of
Preposition
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Made using.
It is a house of cards.
invention
Noun
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something that has been invented
Nowadays, we can buy new inventions as soon as they are made.
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the action of inventing something
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the ability to invent
It took quite a bit of invention to come up with the toothbrush.