Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The range of one's perceptions, thoughts, or actions.
- noun The opportunity or possibility to function or be active: synonym: room.
- noun The extent of a given activity or subject that is involved, treated, or relevant: synonym: range.
- noun The length or sweep of a mooring cable.
- noun Informal A viewing instrument such as a periscope, microscope, or telescope.
- noun Linguistics The range over a part of a sentence or discourse that a quantifier has an effect on.
- transitive verb To examine or assess. Often used with out:
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A mark to shoot at; a target.
- noun That which is aimed at; end or aim kept or to be kept in view; that which is to be reached or accomplished; ultimate design, aim, or purpose; intention.
- noun Outlook; intellectual range or view: as, a mind of wide scope.
- noun Room for free outlook or aim; range or field of free observation or action; room; space.
- noun Extent; length; sweep; (nautical) length of cable or anchor-chain at which a vessel rides when at anchor: as, scope of cable.
- noun A wide tract.
- noun A liberty; a license enjoyed; hence, an act of riot or excess.
- noun An obsolete or dialectal form of
scoop. Halliwell . - An obsolete form of
scoup . - noun A bundle, as of twigs.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun That at which one aims; the thing or end to which the mind directs its view; that which is purposed to be reached or accomplished; hence, ultimate design, aim, or purpose; intention; drift; object.
- noun Room or opportunity for free outlook or aim; space for action; amplitude of opportunity; free course or vent; liberty; range of view, intent, or action.
- noun obsolete Extended area.
- noun Length; extent; sweep.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun The
breadth ,depth orreach of a subject; adomain . - noun a device used in aiming a
projectile , through which the person aiming looks at the intended target - noun computing The region of program source in which an
identifier is meaningful. - noun logic The shortest
sub- wff of which a given instance of alogical connective is a part of. - noun slang Shortened form of
periscope ,telescope ,microscope oroscilloscope . - verb To perform a cursory investigation, as to scope out.
- verb slang To perform arthroscopic surgery.
- verb slang To examine under a microscope.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun the state of the environment in which a situation exists
- noun an area in which something acts or operates or has power or control:
- noun a magnifier of images of distant objects
- noun electronic equipment that provides visual images of varying electrical quantities
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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I could give many other illustrations of the narrow scope of this Method of Accidents, though _genuine within that scope_, and how, in _all_ cases, by the Synthetic Method we can find in the facts _to be remembered_ the means of their recollection.
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Also noteworthy, but a little more limited in scope, is Waid and Barry Kitson's JLA: Year One miniseries, which featured a team-up with the Doom Patrol and incorporated other Silver Age stalwarts like the Challengers of the Unknown and the Blackhawks.
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That "acceptable femininity" has expanded in scope is unquestionably a good thing, and while we're not there yet, one can see the day coming when girls are considered girls simply for being girls, no matter their dress, interests, hair length, or sexual orientation.
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That "acceptable femininity" has expanded in scope is unquestionably a good thing, and while we're not there yet, one can see the day coming when girls are considered girls simply for being girls, no matter their dress, interests, hair length, or sexual orientation.
Archive 2008-02-01 2008
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Sometimes the term scope is used to mean the totality of work needed to complete a project.
gantthead.com 2009
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Dad has a kahles 7x56 on his model 70 heavy varmint in .308. the scope is an absolute beauty. heavy post but narrows to a think cross hair.
Anyone own Kahles brand scopes? Is their performance worth the price? 2010
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Dad has a kahles 7x56 on his model 70 heavy varmint in .308. the scope is an absolute beauty. heavy post but narrows to a think cross hair.
Anyone own Kahles brand scopes? Is their performance worth the price? 2010
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I can do ok with Fiber Optic sights out to 100 or so yds but beyond the scope is a must.
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I can do ok with Fiber Optic sights out to 100 or so yds but beyond the scope is a must.
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He builds each one to fit a particular rifle, and they are constructed so that the scope is almost entirely encased by the steel rings and bases.
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