English-Thai Dictionary

scope

N กล้องส่องทางไกล  กล้องจุลทรรศน์  klong-song-tang-kai

 

scope

N ขอบเขต  ขอบข่าย  วงจำกัด  วิถี  แนว สายตา  ความ ยาว  range field kob-ked

 

scope

N โอกาส  ความสามารถ ใน การ ทำ บางสิ่ง  potential o-kad

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

SCOPE

n.[L. scopus; Gr. from to see or view; Heb. to see, to behold. ] The primary sense is to stretch or extend, to reach; properly, the whole extent, space or reach, hence the whole space viewed, and hence the limit or ultimate end. 1. Space; room; amplitude of intellectual view; as a free scope for inquiry; full scope for the fancy or imagination; ample scope for genius.
2. The limit of intellectual view; the end or thing to which the mind directs its view; that which is purposed to be reached or accomplished; hence, ultimate design, aim or purpose; intention; drift. It expresses both the purpose and thing purposed.
Your scope is as mine own, so to enforce and qualify the laws, as to your soul seems good.
The scope of all their pleading against man's authority, is to overthrow such laws and constitutions of the church -
3. Liberty; freedom from restraint; room to move in.
4. Liberty beyond just limits; license.
Give him line and scope.
5. Act of riot; sally; excess. Obs.
6. Extended quantity; as a scope of land. Obs.
7. Length; extent; sweep; as scope of cable.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

SCOPE

Scope, n. Etym: [It. scopo, L. scopos a mark, aim, Gr. skopo `s, a watcher, mark, aim; akin to spy. Cf. Skeptic, Bishop. ]

 

1. That at which one aims; the thing or end to which the mind directs its view; that which is purposed to be reached or accomplished; hence, ultimate design, aim, or purpose; intention; drift; object. "Shooting wide, do miss the marked scope. " Spenser. Your scope is as mine own, So to enforce or quality the laws As to your soul seems good. Shak. The scope of all their pleading against man's authority, is to overthrow such laws and constitutions in the church. Hooker.

 

2. Room or opportunity for free outlook or aim; space for action; amplitude of opportunity; free course or vent; liberty; range of view; intent, or action. Give him line and scope. Shak. In the fate and fortunes of the human race, scope is given to the operation of laws which man must always fail to discern the reasons of. I. Taylor. Excuse me if I have given too much scope to the reflections which have arisen in my mind. Burke. An intellectual cultivation of no moderate depth or scope. Hawthorne.

 

3. Extended area. [Obs. ] "The scopes of land granted to the first adventurers." Sir J. Davies.

 

4. Length; extent; sweep; as, scope of cable. v. t. To look at for the purpose of evaluation; usu with out; as, to scope out the area as a camping site.

 

SCOPELINE

SCOPELINE Sco "pe *line, a. (Zoöl.)

 

Defn: Scopeloid.

 

SCOPELOID

Sco "pe *loid, a. Etym: [NL. Scopelus, typical genus (fr. Gr. -oid.](Zoöl.)

 

Defn: Like or pertaining to fishes of the genus Scopelus, or family Scopelodæ, which includes many small oceanic fishes, most of which are phosphorescent. -- n. (Zoöl.)

 

Defn: Any fish of the family Scopelidæ.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

scope

scope |skōp skoʊp | ▶noun 1 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 well beyond the scope of this book. 2 the opportunity or possibility to do or deal with something: the scope for major change is always limited by political realities. • archaic a purpose, end, or intention: Plato maintains religion to be the chief aim and scope of human life. 3 informal a telescope, microscope, or other device having a name ending in -scope : infrared night scopes. 4 Nautical the length of cable extended when a ship rides at anchor. 5 Linguistics & Logic the range of the effect of an operator such as a quantifier or conjunction. ▶verb [ with obj. ] 1 assess or investigate (something ): they'd scoped out their market. • set the scope of (a projected undertaking ): it is important that a project is scoped correctly to ensure the budget can be accurately defined. 2 informal look at carefully; scan: they watched him scoping the room, looking for Michael. ORIGIN mid 16th cent. (in the sense ‘target for shooting at ’): from Italian scopo ‘aim, ’ from Greek skopos ‘target, ’ from skeptesthai ‘look out. ’ Sense 3 of the noun is derived from -scope.

 

Oxford Dictionary

scope

scope |skəʊp | ▶noun [ mass noun ] 1 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. 2 the opportunity or possibility to do or deal with something: the scope for major change is always limited by political realities. • archaic a purpose, end, or intention: Plato even maintains religion to be the chief aim and scope of human life. 3 informal a telescope, microscope, or other device having a name ending in -scope : infrared night scopes. 4 Nautical the length of cable extended when a ship rides at anchor. 5 Linguistics & Logic the number of terms or arguments affected by an operator such as a quantifier or conjunction. ▶verb [ with obj. ] 1 (scope something out ) assess or investigate something: they'd scoped out their market. • set the scope of (a projected undertaking ): it is important that a project is scoped correctly to ensure the budget can be accurately defined. 2 N. Amer. informal look at carefully; scan: they watched him scoping the room, looking for Michael. ORIGIN mid 16th cent. (in the sense ‘target for shooting at ’): from Italian scopo ‘aim ’, from Greek skopos ‘target ’, from skeptesthai ‘look out ’. Sense 3 of the noun is derived from -scope .

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

scope

scope noun 1 the scope of the investigation: extent, range, breadth, width, reach, sweep, purview, span, horizon; area, sphere, field, realm, compass, orbit, ambit, terms /field of reference, jurisdiction; confine, limit; gamut. 2 the scope for change is limited by political realities: opportunity, freedom, latitude, leeway, capacity, liberty, room (to maneuver ), elbow room; possibility, chance. CHOOSE THE RIGHT WORD See range . These notes show fine distinctions in meaning between closely related synonyms to help you find the best word.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

scope

scope noun 1 we widened the scope of our investigation | a study of the subject is beyond the scope of this book: extent, range, breadth, width, reach, sweep, purview, span, stretch, spread, horizon; area, sphere, field, realm, compass, orbit, ambit, terms of reference, field of reference, jurisdiction, remit; confine, limit; gamut, competence. 2 the scope for major change is always limited by political realities: opportunity, freedom, latitude, leeway, capacity, liberty, room, room to manoeuvre, elbow room, play; possibility, chance.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

scope

scope 1 /skoʊp /名詞 1 〖単数形で 〗(議論 著書などで扱う )範囲 , 活動範囲 ▸ beyond [outside ] the scope of A Aの範囲外で, Aの手におえない ▸ widen the scope of the investigation 調査 [捜査 ]の範囲を広げる .2 U «行為 活動のための /…する » 機会 «for /to do » ▸ There is more scope for developing new ideas .新たな考えを生み出す余地がまだある .動詞 他動詞 ｟米 くだけて ｠…の様子をうかがう , …をチェックする (out ).

 

scope

scope 2 名詞 C 観測する器械 .