"scope" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈskəʊp/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈskoʊp/ [US] Audio: En-us-scope.ogg [US] Forms: scopes [plural]
Rhymes: -əʊp Etymology: From 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. Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*speḱ-}}, {{der|en|it|scopo||purpose}} Italian scopo (“purpose”), {{der|en|la|scopus||target}} Latin scopus (“target”), {{der|en|grc|σκοπός}} Ancient Greek σκοπός (skopós), {{m|grc|σκέπτομαι}} σκέπτομαι (sképtomai), {{der|en|ine-pro|*speḱ-}} Proto-Indo-European *speḱ-, {{m|en|skeptic}} skeptic, {{m|en|spectrum}} spectrum Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} scope (countable and uncountable, plural scopes)
  1. The breadth, depth or reach of a subject; a domain. Tags: countable, uncountable Synonyms: compass Translations (breadth, depth or reach of a subject; a domain): حَيِّز (ḥayyiz) [masculine] (Arabic), обхват (obhvat) [masculine] (Bulgarian), обсег (obseg) [masculine] (Bulgarian), сфера (sfera) [feminine] (Bulgarian), àmbit [masculine] (Catalan), rozsah [masculine] (Czech), domein (Dutch), bereik (Dutch), reikwijdte (Dutch), ulatus (Estonian), ulottuvuus (Finnish), ala (Finnish), laajuus (Finnish), portée [feminine] (French), Umfang (German), Bereich [masculine] (German), Umgebung [masculine] (German), Rahmen [masculine] (German), Feld [neuter] (German), Raum [masculine] (German), Gebiet [neuter] (German), היקף (heikef) (Hebrew), scóp [masculine] (Irish), ambito [masculine] (Italian), scopo [masculine] (Italian), motivo [masculine] (Italian), spazio [masculine] (Italian), saklo (Kapampangan), korahi (Maori), kainga (Maori), takiwātanga (Maori), stede [masculine] (Old English), âmbito [masculine] (Portuguese), escopo [masculine] (Portuguese), масшта́б (masštáb) [masculine] (Russian), преде́л (predél) [masculine] (Russian), разма́х (razmáx) [masculine] (Russian), ра́мки (rámki) [feminine, plural] (Russian), сфе́ра (sféra) [feminine] (Russian), ámbito [masculine] (Spanish), omfattning (Swedish), saklaw (Tagalog), kapsam (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-scope-en-noun-en:domain_of_subject_matter Disambiguation of 'breadth, depth or reach of a subject; a domain': 77 4 3 6 3 4 1 2
  2. (weaponry) A device used in aiming a projectile, through which the person aiming looks at the intended target. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Weapons Synonyms: telescopic sight
    Sense id: en-scope-en-noun-QnP2ZdAm Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 2 11 4 12 8 5 4 10 1 10 9 1 11 1 11 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 4 12 6 18 5 5 5 6 1 6 6 1 15 1 9 Topics: engineering, government, military, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, politics, tools, war, weaponry
  3. Opportunity; broad range; degree of freedom. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (degree of freedom): Spielraum [masculine] (German), Bewegungsfreiheit (english: fig.) [feminine] (German), Raum [masculine] (German)
    Sense id: en-scope-en-noun-QRAe8-nn Disambiguation of 'degree of freedom': 4 9 57 12 6 5 2 5
  4. (programming) The region of program source code in which a given identifier is meaningful, or a given object can be accessed. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Programming Translations (scope of an identifier): näkyvyysalue (Finnish), portée (French), alcance (Galician), Gültigkeitsbereich [masculine] (German), حوزه (howze) (Persian), область видимости (oblastʹ vidimosti) [feminine] (Russian), alcance (Spanish), ámbito [masculine] (Spanish), kapsam (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-scope-en-noun-Z0r4rGxz Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 2 11 4 12 8 5 4 10 1 10 9 1 11 1 11 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 4 12 6 18 5 5 5 6 1 6 6 1 15 1 9 Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, programming, sciences Disambiguation of 'scope of an identifier': 8 16 12 36 10 8 2 7
  5. (logic) The shortest sub-wff of which a given instance of a logical connective is a part. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Logic
    Sense id: en-scope-en-noun-mVk-cYQy Topics: human-sciences, logic, mathematics, philosophy, sciences
  6. (linguistics) The region of an utterance to which some modifying element applies. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Linguistics, Surgery
    Sense id: en-scope-en-noun-e-h6TUrJ Disambiguation of Surgery: 0 0 0 10 4 11 7 22 0 0 20 0 7 12 7 Topics: human-sciences, linguistics, sciences
  7. (slang) A periscope, telescope, microscope or oscilloscope. Tags: countable, slang, uncountable Translations (shortened form of periscope, or telescope or oscilloscope): scoop (Dutch), skooppi (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-scope-en-noun-W1trtsnV Disambiguation of 'shortened form of periscope, or telescope or oscilloscope': 4 11 3 14 9 6 44 9
  8. (medicine, colloquial) Any medical procedure that ends in the suffix -scopy, such as endoscopy, colonoscopy, bronchoscopy, etc. Tags: colloquial, countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Medicine, Surgery
    Sense id: en-scope-en-noun-qAgFtuX4 Disambiguation of Surgery: 0 0 0 10 4 11 7 22 0 0 20 0 7 12 7 Topics: medicine, sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: in-scope, scopeless
Etymology number: 1 Hyponyms: block scope, child scope, dynamic scope, expression scope, file scope, function scope, global scope, isolated scope, lexical scope, module scope, multi-level scope, one-level scope, root scope, scope bite, scope block, scope creep, scope dope, static scope, three-level scope, two-level scope

Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈskəʊp/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈskoʊp/ [US] Audio: En-us-scope.ogg [US] Forms: scopes [plural]
Rhymes: -əʊp Etymology: Latin scopa Etymology templates: {{der|en|la|scopa}} Latin scopa Head templates: {{en-noun}} scope (plural scopes)
  1. (obsolete) A bundle, as of twigs. Tags: obsolete
    Sense id: en-scope-en-noun-DPdYbat5
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Verb [English]

IPA: /ˈskəʊp/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈskoʊp/ [US] Audio: En-us-scope.ogg [US] Forms: scopes [present, singular, third-person], scoping [participle, present], scoped [participle, past], scoped [past]
Rhymes: -əʊp Etymology: From 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. Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*speḱ-}}, {{der|en|it|scopo||purpose}} Italian scopo (“purpose”), {{der|en|la|scopus||target}} Latin scopus (“target”), {{der|en|grc|σκοπός}} Ancient Greek σκοπός (skopós), {{m|grc|σκέπτομαι}} σκέπτομαι (sképtomai), {{der|en|ine-pro|*speḱ-}} Proto-Indo-European *speḱ-, {{m|en|skeptic}} skeptic, {{m|en|spectrum}} spectrum Head templates: {{en-verb}} scope (third-person singular simple present scopes, present participle scoping, simple past and past participle scoped)
  1. (informal, transitive) To perform a cursory investigation of; scope out. Tags: informal, transitive Translations (To perform a cursory investigation): prohlédnout (Czech), shlédnout (Czech), tutkia (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-scope-en-verb-MyXVoXBR Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 2 11 4 12 8 5 4 10 1 10 9 1 11 1 11 Disambiguation of 'To perform a cursory investigation': 57 23 1 8 2 8
  2. (medicine, colloquial) To perform any medical procedure that ends in the suffix -scopy, such as endoscopy, colonoscopy, bronchoscopy, etc. Tags: colloquial Categories (topical): Medicine, Surgery
    Sense id: en-scope-en-verb-dM241U01 Disambiguation of Surgery: 0 0 0 10 4 11 7 22 0 0 20 0 7 12 7 Topics: medicine, sciences
  3. To define the scope of something.
    Sense id: en-scope-en-verb-qrOtROsJ
  4. (programming) To limit (an object or variable) to a certain region of program source code. Categories (topical): Programming
    Sense id: en-scope-en-verb-ICO3Yk98 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 2 11 4 12 8 5 4 10 1 10 9 1 11 1 11 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 4 12 6 18 5 5 5 6 1 6 6 1 15 1 9 Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, programming, sciences
  5. (informal) To examine under a microscope. Tags: informal Categories (topical): Surgery
    Sense id: en-scope-en-verb-coand2Tv Disambiguation of Surgery: 0 0 0 10 4 11 7 22 0 0 20 0 7 12 7
  6. (birdwatching, informal) To observe a bird using a spotting scope. Tags: informal Categories (topical): Birdwatching
    Sense id: en-scope-en-verb-AFoa47tX Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 2 11 4 12 8 5 4 10 1 10 9 1 11 1 11 Topics: biology, birdwatching, natural-sciences, ornithology
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: scope in
Etymology number: 1

Noun [Italian]

IPA: /ˈsko.pe/
Rhymes: -ope Head templates: {{head|it|noun form|g=f}} scope f
  1. plural of scopa Tags: feminine, form-of, plural Form of: scopa
    Sense id: en-scope-it-noun-dcUEEoYo Categories (other): Italian entries with incorrect language header

Noun [Latin]

Head templates: {{head|la|noun form}} scope
  1. vocative singular of scopus Tags: form-of, singular, vocative Form of: scopus
    Sense id: en-scope-la-noun-upCh2Eu6 Categories (other): Latin entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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        {
          "_dis1": "77 4 3 6 3 4 1 2",
          "code": "ar",
          "lang": "Arabic",
          "roman": "ḥayyiz",
          "sense": "breadth, depth or reach of a subject; a domain",
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            "masculine"
          ],
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          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "obhvat",
          "sense": "breadth, depth or reach of a subject; a domain",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "обхват"
        },
        {
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          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "obseg",
          "sense": "breadth, depth or reach of a subject; a domain",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "обсег"
        },
        {
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          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "sfera",
          "sense": "breadth, depth or reach of a subject; a domain",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "сфера"
        },
        {
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          "code": "ca",
          "lang": "Catalan",
          "sense": "breadth, depth or reach of a subject; a domain",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "àmbit"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "77 4 3 6 3 4 1 2",
          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "breadth, depth or reach of a subject; a domain",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "rozsah"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "77 4 3 6 3 4 1 2",
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "breadth, depth or reach of a subject; a domain",
          "word": "domein"
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          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
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          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
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          "word": "reikwijdte"
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          "code": "et",
          "lang": "Estonian",
          "sense": "breadth, depth or reach of a subject; a domain",
          "word": "ulatus"
        },
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          "_dis1": "77 4 3 6 3 4 1 2",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "breadth, depth or reach of a subject; a domain",
          "word": "ulottuvuus"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "77 4 3 6 3 4 1 2",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "breadth, depth or reach of a subject; a domain",
          "word": "ala"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "77 4 3 6 3 4 1 2",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "breadth, depth or reach of a subject; a domain",
          "word": "laajuus"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "77 4 3 6 3 4 1 2",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "breadth, depth or reach of a subject; a domain",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "portée"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "77 4 3 6 3 4 1 2",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "breadth, depth or reach of a subject; a domain",
          "word": "Umfang"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "77 4 3 6 3 4 1 2",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "breadth, depth or reach of a subject; a domain",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "Bereich"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "77 4 3 6 3 4 1 2",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "breadth, depth or reach of a subject; a domain",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "Umgebung"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "77 4 3 6 3 4 1 2",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "breadth, depth or reach of a subject; a domain",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "Rahmen"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "77 4 3 6 3 4 1 2",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "breadth, depth or reach of a subject; a domain",
          "tags": [
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          ],
          "word": "Feld"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "77 4 3 6 3 4 1 2",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "breadth, depth or reach of a subject; a domain",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "Raum"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "77 4 3 6 3 4 1 2",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "breadth, depth or reach of a subject; a domain",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "Gebiet"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "77 4 3 6 3 4 1 2",
          "code": "he",
          "lang": "Hebrew",
          "roman": "heikef",
          "sense": "breadth, depth or reach of a subject; a domain",
          "word": "היקף"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "77 4 3 6 3 4 1 2",
          "code": "ga",
          "lang": "Irish",
          "sense": "breadth, depth or reach of a subject; a domain",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "scóp"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "77 4 3 6 3 4 1 2",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "breadth, depth or reach of a subject; a domain",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "ambito"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "77 4 3 6 3 4 1 2",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "breadth, depth or reach of a subject; a domain",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "scopo"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "77 4 3 6 3 4 1 2",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "breadth, depth or reach of a subject; a domain",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "motivo"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "77 4 3 6 3 4 1 2",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "breadth, depth or reach of a subject; a domain",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "spazio"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "77 4 3 6 3 4 1 2",
          "code": "pam",
          "lang": "Kapampangan",
          "sense": "breadth, depth or reach of a subject; a domain",
          "word": "saklo"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "77 4 3 6 3 4 1 2",
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "breadth, depth or reach of a subject; a domain",
          "word": "korahi"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "77 4 3 6 3 4 1 2",
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "breadth, depth or reach of a subject; a domain",
          "word": "kainga"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "77 4 3 6 3 4 1 2",
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "breadth, depth or reach of a subject; a domain",
          "word": "takiwātanga"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "77 4 3 6 3 4 1 2",
          "code": "ang",
          "lang": "Old English",
          "sense": "breadth, depth or reach of a subject; a domain",
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        "masculine"
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        "masculine"
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      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
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      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
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      "word": "reikwijdte"
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      "code": "et",
      "lang": "Estonian",
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      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "breadth, depth or reach of a subject; a domain",
      "word": "ulottuvuus"
    },
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      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "breadth, depth or reach of a subject; a domain",
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      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "breadth, depth or reach of a subject; a domain",
      "word": "laajuus"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "breadth, depth or reach of a subject; a domain",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "word": "portée"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
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      "sense": "breadth, depth or reach of a subject; a domain",
      "word": "Umfang"
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    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "breadth, depth or reach of a subject; a domain",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
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      "word": "Bereich"
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    {
      "code": "de",
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      "sense": "breadth, depth or reach of a subject; a domain",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Umgebung"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "breadth, depth or reach of a subject; a domain",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Rahmen"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "breadth, depth or reach of a subject; a domain",
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        "neuter"
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      "word": "Feld"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
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      "sense": "breadth, depth or reach of a subject; a domain",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Raum"
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    {
      "code": "de",
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      "sense": "breadth, depth or reach of a subject; a domain",
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      "code": "he",
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      "roman": "heikef",
      "sense": "breadth, depth or reach of a subject; a domain",
      "word": "היקף"
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      "code": "ga",
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      "tags": [
        "masculine"
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      "word": "scóp"
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    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "breadth, depth or reach of a subject; a domain",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
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      "word": "ambito"
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    {
      "code": "it",
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        "masculine"
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      "code": "it",
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      "sense": "breadth, depth or reach of a subject; a domain",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "motivo"
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      "code": "it",
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        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "spazio"
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    {
      "code": "pam",
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    {
      "code": "mi",
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      "word": "korahi"
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    {
      "code": "mi",
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      "sense": "breadth, depth or reach of a subject; a domain",
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    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "breadth, depth or reach of a subject; a domain",
      "word": "takiwātanga"
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      "code": "ang",
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      "tags": [
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      "word": "stede"
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      "code": "pt",
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      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "âmbito"
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    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "breadth, depth or reach of a subject; a domain",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "escopo"
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    {
      "code": "ru",
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      "sense": "breadth, depth or reach of a subject; a domain",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "масшта́б"
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      "code": "ru",
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      "roman": "predél",
      "sense": "breadth, depth or reach of a subject; a domain",
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      "word": "преде́л"
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      "roman": "razmáx",
      "sense": "breadth, depth or reach of a subject; a domain",
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      "word": "разма́х"
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      "word": "ра́мки"
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      "sense": "breadth, depth or reach of a subject; a domain",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "сфе́ра"
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    {
      "code": "es",
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      "sense": "breadth, depth or reach of a subject; a domain",
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        "masculine"
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      "word": "ámbito"
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      "code": "sv",
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      "word": "omfattning"
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    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
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      "code": "tr",
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      "word": "kapsam"
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    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "degree of freedom",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Spielraum"
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    {
      "code": "de",
      "english": "fig.",
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      "sense": "degree of freedom",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Bewegungsfreiheit"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
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      "sense": "degree of freedom",
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        "masculine"
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      "word": "Raum"
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    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "scope of an identifier",
      "word": "näkyvyysalue"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "scope of an identifier",
      "word": "portée"
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    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "scope of an identifier",
      "word": "alcance"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
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      "sense": "scope of an identifier",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
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      "word": "Gültigkeitsbereich"
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    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "howze",
      "sense": "scope of an identifier",
      "word": "حوزه"
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    {
      "code": "ru",
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      "roman": "oblastʹ vidimosti",
      "sense": "scope of an identifier",
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      "word": "область видимости"
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      "code": "es",
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      "code": "es",
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      "sense": "shortened form of periscope, or telescope or oscilloscope",
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      "code": "fi",
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      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/3/3b/En-us-scope.ogg/En-us-scope.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/3b/En-us-scope.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (US)"
    }
  ],
  "word": "scope"
}

{
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "it",
        "2": "noun form",
        "g": "f"
      },
      "expansion": "scope f",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "hyphenation": [
    "scó‧pe"
  ],
  "lang": "Italian",
  "lang_code": "it",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Italian 2-syllable words",
        "Italian entries with incorrect language header",
        "Italian non-lemma forms",
        "Italian noun forms",
        "Italian terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "Rhymes:Italian/ope",
        "Rhymes:Italian/ope/2 syllables"
      ],
      "form_of": [
        {
          "word": "scopa"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "plural of scopa"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "scopa",
          "scopa#Italian"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "form-of",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈsko.pe/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ope"
    }
  ],
  "word": "scope"
}

{
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "noun form"
      },
      "expansion": "scope",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Latin",
  "lang_code": "la",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Latin entries with incorrect language header",
        "Latin non-lemma forms",
        "Latin noun forms"
      ],
      "form_of": [
        {
          "word": "scopus"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "vocative singular of scopus"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "scopus",
          "scopus#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "form-of",
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "scope"
}

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