Word Finder - scopes

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The breadth, depth or reach of a subject; a domain.

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A device used in aiming a projectile, through which the person aiming looks at the intended target.

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• telescopic sight

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Opportunity; broad range; degree of freedom.

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The region of program source code in which a given identifier is meaningful, or a given object can be accessed.

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The shortest sub-wff of which a given instance of a logical connective is a part.

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The region of an utterance to which some modifying element applies.

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the scope of an adverb

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A periscope, telescope, microscope or oscilloscope.

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Any medical procedure that ends in the suffix -scopy, such as endoscopy, colonoscopy, bronchoscopy, etc.

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To perform a cursory investigation of; scope out.

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To perform any medical procedure that ends in the suffix -scopy, such as endoscopy, colonoscopy, bronchoscopy, etc.

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The surgeon will scope the football player's knee to repair damage to a ligament.

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To limit (an object or variable) to a certain region of program source code.

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If we locally scope the user's login name, it won't be accessible from outside this function.

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To examine under a microscope.

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The entomologist explained that he could not tell what species of springtail we were looking at without scoping it.

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To observe a bird using a spotting scope.

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A bundle, as of twigs.

Adult scopes are more likely to contain astrological terms or go into specific planetary alignments.

Reading the morning paper's horoscopes and your partner's scopes, is a great first step.

As far as romance goes, the site features several different scopes including Single's Love Horoscope, Couple's Love Horoscope, The Astrological Chocolate Guide to Love and the Date Guide.

The site provides general love scopes, Quick Compatibility, Love Cycles Forecast, Romantic Compatibility and more.

At Lakeside, at the end of a small boardwalk, the scopes were used, in a very strong wind.

Setting up our scopes we were soon watching gannets of various ages moving off shore.

In real life, there were no such theatrics from anyone involved in the trial of John Scopes.

In order to keep the evaluation process tractable, an " evaluated configuration " is defined that scopes the evaluation effort.

Dedicated and distinguished service was rendered by the ATS during the war in all spheres and in all activities whose scopes were gradually widened.

Known for their exotic outdoor solutions and night scopes, the company offers a wide variety of products.