the extent of the area or subject matter that something deals with or to which it is relevant

we widened the scope of our investigation

such questions go beyond the scope of this book

the opportunity or possibility to do or deal with something

the scope for major change is always limited by political realities

a telescope, microscope, or other device having a name ending in -scope

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

assess or investigate something

they'd scoped out their market

look at carefully; scan

they watched him scoping the room, looking for Michael