Meaning of scope In English

• 0 the range of a subject covered by a book, programme, discussion, class, etc.:

  • I'm afraid that problem is beyond/outside the scope of my lecture.

  • Oil painting does not come within the scope of a course of this kind.

  • We would now like to broaden/widen the scope of the enquiry and look at more general matters.

• 1 the opportunity for doing something:

  • There is limited scope for further reductions in the workforce.

• 2 to watch or examine something carefully:

  • They think their house is being scoped by burglars.

  • Fire investigators scoped the area for any evidence that someone had set the fires on purpose.

  • While retailers hoped, bargain-hunters scoped.

  • In those studies, doctors scoped patients' stomachs.

  • Players on every pro team have been scoped, mostly for their knees.

• 3 to plan something in detail before it happens, looking at everything that is involved:

  • If the whole thing is scoped and evaluated, with sound project management, then perhaps it will be OK.

• 4 used to form nouns that refer to devices for looking at or discovering and measuring things:

  • a microscope

  • a telescope

• 5 the range of matters considered or dealt with:

  • We are going to widen the scope of the investigation.

• 6 the opportunity for activity:

  • There is limited scope for further reducing the workforce.

• 7 a device you look through to see something that is difficult to see directly, such as a microscope or a telescope

• 8 the range of things that an activity, company, law, etc. deals with:

  • large/ambitious in scope

  • beyond/outside the scope of sth He involved himself in affairs beyond the scope of his job.

  • within the scope of sth To come within the scope of the law of confidence, the information does not have to be particularly special.

• 9 the opportunity for doing something:

  • scope for (doing) sth There is scope for further improvement.