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Scope   /skoʊp/   Listen
Scope

noun
1.
An area in which something acts or operates or has power or control:.  Synonyms: ambit, compass, orbit, range, reach.  "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"
2.
The state of the environment in which a situation exists.  Synonyms: background, setting.
3.
A magnifier of images of distant objects.  Synonym: telescope.
4.
Electronic equipment that provides visual images of varying electrical quantities.  Synonyms: cathode-ray oscilloscope, CRO, oscilloscope.



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"Scope" Quotes from Famous Books



... may tend to bring ridicule and suspicion upon them, one cannot review the broad facts of the Jameson invasion, and realize a position which, if only for the moment, gave the aggrieved party unlimited scope for revenge upon an aggressor who had not the semblance of personal wrong or interest nor the pretext of duty to justify his action, without allowing to the Boers that they behaved in such a manner as, for a time, to silence even that criticism which is ...
— The Transvaal from Within - A Private Record of Public Affairs • J. P. Fitzpatrick

... scheme of life for that longing after the infinite which expands the mind and soul. But what is there to prevent me from launching on that boundless sea our familiar craft? Nor must you suppose that the humble duties to which I dedicate my life give no scope for passion. To restore faith in happiness to an unfortunate, who has been the sport of adverse circumstances, is a noble work, and one which alone may suffice to relieve the monotony of my existence. I can see no opening ...
— Letters of Two Brides • Honore de Balzac

... variable than inorganic chemistry. The energy produced by the reactions of some organic chemical groups are, therefore, of a more complicated character and of another dimension. One of these energies of organic chemistry which lately has come into the scope of scientific analysis is called life—its physico-chemical base is the protoplasm, which result I call the "time-linking" capacity or energy. This name is important for the consequences it will bring about later on. The time-binding ...
— Manhood of Humanity. • Alfred Korzybski

... disposal, but if they sighed when he passed from their immediate responsibility it was a sigh of relief rather than of regret. The more enlightened and experienced of them realised that he was something outside the scope of the things that they were called upon to deal with. A man who has been trained to cope with storms, to foresee their coming, and to minimise their consequences, may be pardoned if he feels a certain reluctance to ...
— The Unbearable Bassington • Saki

... her subject with consummate skill.... She has rightly seen that this man's life contained splendid material for a historical novel. She has taken no unwarranted liberties with the truth, and has succeeded in furnishing a story whose scope broadens with each succeeding chapter until the end."—New York Mail ...
— The King's Mirror • Anthony Hope


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