Dictionary Entry
scope
scope is a 5-letter English word with 10 senses as noun and transitive verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: A combining form usually signifying an instrument for viewing (with the eye) or observing (in any way); as in microscope, telescope, altoscope, anemoscope. Face value is 9 in Scrabble and 11 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
5 letters · Scrabble 9 · Words With Friends 11 · 10 senses
Definitions
- 1
A combining form usually signifying an instrument for viewing (with the eye) or observing (in any way); as in microscope, telescope, altoscope, anemoscope.
- 2noun
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.
- 3noun
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.
- 4noun
Extended area.
- 5noun
Length; extent; sweep; as, scope of cable.
- 6transitive verb
To look at for the purpose of evaluation; usually with out; as, to scope out the area as a camping site.
- 7noun
electronic equipment that provides visual images of varying electrical quantities
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- 8noun
a magnifier of images of distant objects
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- 9noun
an area in which something acts or operates or has power or control: "the range of a supersonic jet"
"a piano has a greater range than the human voice"
"the ambit of municipal legislation"
- 10noun
the state of the environment in which a situation exists
"you can't do that in a university setting"
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