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scope
noun
1 scope
An area in which something acts or operates or has power or control::
— Within the scope of an investigation.
synonyms: ambit, compass, orbit, range, reach.
Roget 180:
space,
extension,
extent,
superficial extent,
expanse,
stretch,
hyperspace;
room,
scope,
range,
field,
way,
expansion,
compass,
sweep,
swing,
spread.
dimension,
length
etc.
200;
distance
etc.
196;
size
etc.
192;
volume;
hypervolume.
latitude,
play,
leeway,
purchase,
tolerance,
room for maneuver.
spare room,
elbow room,
house room;
stowage,
roomage†,
margin;
opening,
sphere,
arena.
open space,
free space;
void
etc.
(absence)
187;
waste;
wildness,
wilderness;
moor,
moorland;
campagna†.
abyss
etc.
(interval)
198;
unlimited space;
infinity
etc.
105;
world;
ubiquity
etc.
(presence)
186;
length and breadth of the land.
proportions,
acreage;
acres,
acres and perches,
roods and perches,
hectares,
square miles;
square inches,
square yards,
square centimeters,
square meters,
yards
(clothing)
&c.;
ares,
arpents†.
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Roget 516:
meaning;
signification,
significance;
sense,
expression;
import,
purport;
force;
drift,
tenor,
spirit,
bearing,
coloring;
scope.
[important part of the meaning]
substance;
gist,
essence,
marrow,
spirit
etc.
5.
matter;
subject,
subject matter;
argument,
text,
sum and substance.
general meaning,
broad meaning,
substantial meaning,
colloquial meaning,
literal meaning,
plain meaning,
simple meaning,
natural meaning,
unstrained meaning,
true meaning,
etc.
(exact)
494
honest meaning,
etc.
543
prima facie meaning [Lat.];
etc.
(manifest)
525.
letter of the law.
literally;
after acceptation.
synonym;
implication,
allusion
etc.
(latency)
526;
suggestion
etc.
(information)
527;
figure of speech
etc.
521;
acceptation
etc.
(interpretation)
522.
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Roget 26:
degree,
grade,
extent,
measure,
amount,
ratio,
stint,
standard,
height,
pitch;
reach,
amplitude,
range,
scope,
caliber;
gradation,
shade;
tenor,
compass;
sphere,
station,
rank,
standing;
rate,
way,
sort.
point,
mark,
stage
etc.
(term)
71;
intensity,
strength
etc.
(greatness)
31.
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Roget 748:
freedom,
liberty,
independence;
license
etc.
(permission)
760;
facility
etc.
705.
scope,
range,
latitude,
play;
free play,
full play,
free scope,
full scope;
free stage and no favor;
swing,
full swing,
elbowroom,
margin,
rope,
wide berth;
Liberty Hall.
franchise,
denization†;
free man,
freed man,
livery man;
denizen.
autonomy,
self-government,
liberalism,
free trade;
noninterference
etc.
706;
Monroe Doctrine [U.S.].
immunity,
exemption;
emancipation
etc.
(liberation)
750;
enfranchisement,
affranchisement†.
free land,
freehold;
allodium†;
frankalmoigne [Fr.],
mortmain [Fr.].
bushwhacker;
freelance,
free thinker,
free trader;
independent.
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Dutch: omvang, domein, invloedssfeer, bereik, draagwijdte, raam, reikwijdte, scope
Polish: zakres
2 scope
The state of the environment in which a situation exists.
synonyms: background, setting.
3 scope
A magnifier of images of distant objects.
synonym: telescope.
Dutch: kijker, telescoop
Polish: teleskop
4 scope
Moby thesaurus: a leg up, actionability, affective meaning, ambit, amount, ample scope, amplitude, applicability, area, bearing, bigness, binoculars, blank check, body, breadth, bulk, caliber, capacity, carry, carte blanche, chance, chromatoscope, clear sight, clear stage, clearance, color vision, coloring, command, compass, comprehensiveness, cone vision, connotation, consequence, constitutional validity, constitutionalism, constitutionality, coverage, cut, day vision, daylight vision, degree, denotation, depth, diameter, diapason, dimension, dimensions, discernment, domination, drift, due process, effect, elbowroom, essence, expanse, expansion, extension, extent, eye, eye-mindedness, eyereach, eyeshot, eyesight, fair field, fair game, farsight, farsightedness, field, field glass, field of view, field of vision, force, free course, free hand, free play, free scope, freedom, full scope, full swing, fullness, gamut, gauge, girth, gist, glass, grade, grammatical meaning, greatness, height, horizon, idea, impact, implication, import, intension, interval, jurisdiction, justice, justiciability, kaleidoscope, keen sight, ken, largeness, latitude, lawfulness, leap, leeway, legal form, legal process, legalism, legality, legitimacy, legitimateness, length, level, lexical meaning, liberty, licitness, limit of vision, line of sight, literal meaning, long rope, magnitude, maneuvering space, margin, mark, mass, meaning, measure, measurement, naked eye, night vision, no holds barred, notch, nuance, occasion, open space, opening, opera glasses, opportunism, opportunity, orbit, oscilloscope, outlook, outlook over, overtone, pas, peg, perception, period, peripheral field, peripheral vision, periscope, perspective, perspicacity, perspicuity, pertinence, photopia, pitch, pith, place, plane, plateau, play, point, power of sight, practical consequence, proportion, proportions, prospect, purport, purview, quick sight, radius, range, range of meaning, ratio, reach, real meaning, reference, referent, register, relation, relevance, remove, rightfulness, rod vision, room, rope, round, rung, scale, scan, scope of vision, scotopia, sea room, seeing, semantic cluster, semantic field, sense, sense of sight, shade, shadow, sight, sightedness, sightliness, significance, signification, significatum, signifie, size, space, span, span of meaning, spectroscope, spectrum, sphere, spirit, spread, spy glass, stair, standard, step, stepping-stone, stereoscope, stint, stretch, structural meaning, substance, sum, sum and substance, survey, sweep, swing, symbolic meaning, telescope, tenor, terrestrial telescope, time, tolerance, totality of associations, transferred meaning, tread, twilight vision, unadorned meaning, undertone, unobstructed vision, validity, value, view, vision, vista, visual acuity, visual field, visual sense, volume, way, wide berth, wideness, width, zoom binoculars ... show more.
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