scope
Breadth of reach
Scope is the range or extent of what something covers or addresses: The scope of the investigation widened.
A project's scope defines its boundaries.
Beyond scope means outside those limits.
Scope also refers to instruments for viewing—microscope, telescope, stethoscope—and informally to any such device: Let me take a look through the scope.
To scope something out is to survey or assess it: We scoped out the competition.
Extent of variation
- breadthExtent across something
- spanDistance between endpoints
- reachExtend to touch
- extentRange or magnitude
boundaries · limits · parameters · dimensions · scale · magnitude · compass · purview
Visual perception faculty
- magnificationDegree of visual enlargement
- lensLight-focusing curved glass
- reticleOptical sighting pattern
- crosshairsIntersecting sighting lines
eyepiece · zoom · optics · viewfinder · spotting · sniper · zeroing · adjustment
Latent capacity for development
- possibilitiesThings that may occur
- roomEnclosed interior area
- freedomAbsence of constraint
- flexibilityAbility to adapt easily
leeway · margin · opportunity · capacity · space · chance · opening · prospects
Intended targets or ends
- deliverablesContracted work products owed
- requirementsNecessary conditions for something
- specificationsStated requirements and parameters
- definitionStatement of meaning
creep · statement · boundaries · constraints · planning · management · baseline · change
Intestinal imaging device
- bronchoscopeInstrument examining airways
- otoscopeEar canal inspection instrument
- laryngoscopeInstrument for viewing voicebox
- ophthalmoscopeDevice for viewing retinas
cystoscope · hysteroscope · sigmoidoscope · procedure · examination · visualization · diagnostic
range
Extent of variation
extent · boundaries · limits · parameters · dimensions · scale · magnitude · compass · purview · ambit
sight
Visual perception faculty
- magnificationDegree of visual enlargement
- lensLight-focusing curved glass
- reticleOptical sighting pattern
crosshairs · eyepiece · zoom · optics · viewfinder · spotting · sniper · zeroing · adjustment · turret
potential
Latent capacity for development
- possibilitiesThings that may occur
- roomEnclosed interior area
- freedomAbsence of constraint
flexibility · leeway · margin · opportunity · capacity · space · chance · opening · prospects · options
objectives
Intended targets or ends
- deliverablesContracted work products owed
- requirementsNecessary conditions for something
- specificationsStated requirements and parameters
definition · creep · statement · boundaries · constraints · planning · management · baseline · change · limitation
colonoscope
Intestinal imaging device
- bronchoscopeInstrument examining airways
- otoscopeEar canal inspection instrument
- laryngoscopeInstrument for viewing voicebox
ophthalmoscope · cystoscope · hysteroscope · sigmoidoscope · procedure · examination · visualization · diagnostic
- constraintsconstraint, limits, restrictions, deadline, restraints
- contextbackground, setting, circumstances, situation, environment
- limitslimit, limits, limitation, upper limit, lower limit
- planningplan, planned, planners, to-do lists, calendars
- shootersshooter, sniper, rifle, pistol, shotgun
- boundariesboundary, boundary line, borders, border, edges
scopenarrowness
Confined width quality
limitation · confinement · restriction · constraint · circumscription
scoperestriction
Limit on action
constraint · confinement · imprisonment · limitation · powerlessness
scopepoint
Exact location or meaning
pinpoint · particularity · specificity · detail · exactitude
- scope outExamine a place beforehand
- scoping outPreliminary reconnaissance of location
- scoped outInvestigated in preparation
- scope it out
- out of scope
- sniper scopeMagnifying attachment for accuracy
telescope, microscope, microscopic, kaleidoscope, scopes, kaleidoscopic, periscope, horoscope, telescopic