scope
To perform a cursory investigation ofTo perform a cursory investigation of; scope out.
» Make the scope of activity global.
Meaning
6 senses(informal, transitive)To perform a cursory investigation of; scope out.
betrachten, untersuchen, überblicken
(colloquial)To perform any medical procedure that ends in the suffix -scopy, such as endoscopy, colonoscopy, bronchoscopy, etc.
The surgeon will scope the football player's knee to repair damage to a ligament.
To define the scope of something.
To limit (an object or variable) to a certain region of program source code.
If we locally scope the user's login name, it won't be accessible from outside this function.
(informal)To examine under a microscope.
The entomologist explained that he could not tell what species of springtail we were looking at without scoping it.
(informal)To observe a bird using a spotting scope.
Examples
34 sentencesMake the scope of activity global.
This is beyond the scope of my imagination.
ruЭто за пределами моего воображения. — Selena777
deDas übersteigt meine Phantasie. — raggione
That goes beyond the scope of our lesson.
That goes beyond the scope of this course.
deDas sprengt den Rahmen dieses Kurses. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
That is beyond the scope of our report.
Translations
1 languagesOrigin
From Italian scopo (“purpose”), from Latin scopus (“target”), from Ancient Greek σκοπός (sFrom Italian scopo (“purpose”), from Latin scopus (“target”), from Ancient Greek σκοπός (skopós), from σκέπτομαι (sképtomai), from Proto-Indo-European *speḱ-. Etymologically related to skeptic and spectrum.
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Forms
scopes, scoping, scoped, scopedPhrasal verbs
2 phrasal verbsWord family
1 related wordsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle