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NOUN:
  1. The range of one's perceptions, thoughts, or actions.
  2. Breadth or opportunity to function. See Synonyms at room.
  3. The area covered by a given activity or subject. See Synonyms at range.
  4. The length or sweep of a mooring cable.
  5. Informal A viewing instrument such as a periscope, microscope, or telescope.
TRANSITIVE VERB:
Slang scoped, scop·ing, scopes
To examine or investigate. Often used with out: "Their World Wide Web site is, for now, the best place to scope out the future of the media business in cyberspace." (Marc Gunther).
ETYMOLOGY:
Italian scopo, aim, purpose, from Greek skopos, target, aim; see spek- in Indo-European roots


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