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scope

  [skohp] noun, verb, scoped, scop⋅ing.
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–noun
1. extent or range of view, outlook, application, operation, effectiveness, etc.: an investigation of wide scope.
2. space for movement or activity; opportunity for operation: to give one's fancy full scope.
3. extent in space; a tract or area.
4. length: a scope of cable.
5. aim or purpose.
6. Linguistics, Logic. the range of words or elements of an expression over which a modifier or operator has control: In “old men and women,” “old” may either take “men and women” or just “men” in its scope.
7. (used as a short form of microscope, oscilloscope, periscope, radarscope, riflescope, telescopic sight, etc.)
–verb (used with object)
8. Slang. to look at, read, or investigate, as in order to evaluate or appreciate.
—Verb phrase
9. scope out, Slang.
a. to look at or over; examine; check out: a rock musician scoping out the audience before going on stage.
b. to master; figure out: By the time we'd scoped out the problem, it was too late.
Origin:
1525–35; < It scopo < Gk skopós aim, mark to shoot at; akin to skopeîn to look at (see -scope )

Related forms:
scopeless, adjective

Synonyms:
1. See range. 2. margin, room, liberty.
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Slang Dictionary
scope (on) (so)

  1. tv. & in.
    to evaluate a member of the opposite sex visually. : He scoped every girl who came in the door.
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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scope (so) out

  1. tv.
    to look someone over; to check someone out. : Dave was scoping out all the girls.
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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Word Origin & History

scope  (2)
"instrument for viewing," 1872, abstracted from telescope, microscope, etc., from Gk. skopein "to look." Earlier used as a shortening of horoscope (1603). The verb is recorded from 1807.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: scope
Pronunciation: 'skOp
Function: noun
: any of various instruments for viewing: as a : BRONCHOSCOPE b : GASTROSCOPE c : MICROSCOPE
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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