n. 1. The range of one's perceptions, thoughts, or actions: broaden one's scope by reading. 2. The opportunity or possibility to function or be active: gave her imagination broad scope. See Synonyms at room. 3. The extent of a given activity or subject that is involved, treated, or relevant: the scope of the debate. See Synonyms at range. 4. The length or sweep of a mooring cable. 5. Linguistics The range over a part of a sentence or discourse that a quantifier has an effect on. [Italian scopo, aim, purpose, from Greek skopos, target, aim; see spek- in the Appendix of Indo-European roots.] |
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