[skəʊp], (Noun)

Definitions:
- the extent of the area or subject matter that something deals with or to which it is relevant
(e.g: we widened the scope of our investigation)

- the opportunity or possibility to do or deal with something
(e.g: the scope for major change is always limited by political realities)

- a telescope, microscope, or other device having a name ending in -scope
(e.g: infrared night scopes)

- the length of cable extended when a ship rides at anchor

- the number of terms or arguments affected by an operator such as a quantifier or conjunction


Phrases:

Origin:
mid 16th century (in the sense ‘target for shooting at’): from Italian scopo ‘aim’, from Greek skopos ‘target’, from skeptesthai ‘look out’. scope is derived from -scope

[skəʊp], (Verb)

Definitions:
- assess or investigate something
(e.g: they'd scoped out their market)

- look at carefully; scan
(e.g: they watched him scoping the room, looking for Michael)


Phrases:

Origin:
mid 16th century (in the sense ‘target for shooting at’): from Italian scopo ‘aim’, from Greek skopos ‘target’, from skeptesthai ‘look out’. scope is derived from -scope