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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: -scope \-scope\ [Gr. skopo`s a watcher, spy. See {Scope}.] A combining form usually signifying an instrument for viewing (with the eye) or observing (in any way); as in microscope, telescope, altoscope, anemoscope. [1913 Webster] From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Scope \Scope\, n. [It. scopo, L. scopos a mark, aim, Gr. skopo`s, a watcher, mark, aim; akin to ?, ? to view, and perh. to E. spy. Cf. {Skeptic}, {Bishop}.] 1. 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. "Shooting wide, do miss the marked scope." --Spenser. [1913 Webster] Your scope is as mine own, So to enforce or qualify the laws As to your soul seems good. --Shak. [1913 Webster] The scope of all their pleading against man's authority, is to overthrow such laws and constitutions in the church. --Hooker. [1913 Webster] 2. 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. [1913 Webster] Give him line and scope. --Shak. [1913 Webster] In the fate and fortunes of the human race, scope is given to the operation of laws which man must always fail to discern the reasons of. --I. Taylor. [1913 Webster] Excuse me if I have given too much scope to the reflections which have arisen in my mind. --Burke. [1913 Webster] An intellectual cultivation of no moderate depth or scope. --Hawthorne. [1913 Webster] 3. Extended area. [Obs.] "The scopes of land granted to the first adventurers." --Sir J. Davies. [1913 Webster] 4. Length; extent; sweep; as, scope of cable. [1913 Webster] [1913 Webster] From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: scope n 1: 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"; "within the compass of this article"; "within the scope of an investigation"; "outside the reach of the law"; "in the political orbit of a world power" [syn: {scope}, {range}, {reach}, {orbit}, {compass}, {ambit}] 2: the state of the environment in which a situation exists; "you can't do that in a university setting" [syn: {setting}, {background}, {scope}] 3: a magnifier of images of distant objects [syn: {telescope}, {scope}] 4: electronic equipment that provides visual images of varying electrical quantities [syn: {oscilloscope}, {scope}, {cathode-ray oscilloscope}, {CRO}] From V.E.R.A. -- Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms (June 2013) [vera]: SCOPE SCalable Object Processing Environment (Creamware) From V.E.R.A. -- Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms (June 2013) [vera]: SCOPE Simple COmmunications Programming Environment (telecommunication) From V.E.R.A. -- Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms (June 2013) [vera]: SCOPE Supervisory Control Of Program Execution (OS, CDC 6000)