scope

• ambit
• amplitude
• bailiwick
• breadth
• circle
• compass
• confines
• demesne
• department
• discipline
• domain
• element
• extent
• fief
• fiefdom
• field
• frontier
• gamut
• horizon
• panorama
• province
• range
• reach
• realm
• region
• specialty
• spectrum
• sphere
• spread
• sweep
• terrain
• width

• noun
  1. The breadth, depth or reach of a subject; a domain.
  2. A device used in aiming a projectile, through which the person aiming looks at the intended target.
  3. Opportunity; broad range; degree of freedom.
  4. The region of program source code in which a given identifier is meaningful, or a given object can be accessed.
  5. The shortest sub-wff of which a given instance of a logical connective is a part.
  6. The region of an utterance to which some modifying element applies.
  7. A periscope, telescope, microscope or oscilloscope.
  8. Any medical procedure that ends in the suffix -scopy, such as endoscopy, colonoscopy, bronchoscopy, etc.
  9. A bundle, as of twigs.
• verb
  1. To perform a cursory investigation of; scope out.
  2. To perform any medical procedure that ends in the suffix -scopy, such as endoscopy, colonoscopy, bronchoscopy, etc.
  3. To limit (an object or variable) to a certain region of program source code.
  4. To examine under a microscope.
  5. To observe a bird using a spotting scope.

• The project was delayed because its scope kept expanding.
• He used a telescope to increase his scope of the night sky.
• The report covers a wide scope of environmental issues.
• We need to define the scope of the research before starting.
• Her responsibilities fall outside the scope of her current role.

earshot

keep an eye on

ladder

caliber

calibration

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