"scope" meaning in All languages combined

See scope on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈskəʊp/ [UK], /ˈskoʊp/ [US] Audio: en-us-scope.ogg [US] Forms: scope [singular], scopes [plural]
Head templates: {{noun}} [POS TABLE]
  1. The scope of a book, a law, a duty, etc. is how much is included or how far it can go.
    Sense id: simple-scope-en-noun-jNoPhEod
  2. A scope is an instrument for looking at things, e.g., a telescope or a microscope.
    Sense id: simple-scope-en-noun-cYF2n~Is

Verb [English]

IPA: /ˈskəʊp/ [UK], /ˈskoʊp/ [US] Audio: en-us-scope.ogg [US] Forms: scope [canonical], scopes [third-person, singular], scoped [past], scoped [past, participle], scoping [present, participle]
Head templates: {{verb|scop|e}} [POS TABLE]
  1. If you scope something (out), you look at it carefully.
    Sense id: simple-scope-en-verb-82PDZ2xB
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          "text": "This kind of art allows the greatest scope for individual expression."
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