Synonyms for scope
skoʊpscope

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1. scope

   Synonyms:
   aim, object, mark, end, design, purpose, intention, drift, room, occasion, opportunity, liberty

   Antonyms:
   avoidance, nonintention, pretermission, inadvertence, accident, aimlessness, deviation

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1. scope, range, reach, orbit, compass, ambitnoun

   an area in which something acts or operates or has power or control: "the range of a supersonic jet"

   "a piano has a greater range than the human voice"; "the ambit of municipal legislation"; "within the compass of this article"; "within the scope of an investigation"; "outside the reach of the law"; "in the political orbit of a world power"

   Synonyms:
   compass, oscilloscope, background, sphere, electron orbit, ambit, range, stove, eye socket, kitchen range, setting, area, range of a function, orbital cavity, grasp, cooking stove, chain, mountain range, reaching, range of mountains, stretch, kitchen stove, chain of mountains, cathode-ray oscilloscope, mountain chain, image, telescope, reach, domain, cranial orbit, arena, field, orbit, celestial orbit

2. setting, background, scopenoun

   the state of the environment in which a situation exists

   "you can't do that in a university setting"

   Synonyms:
   place setting, screen background, scene, compass, ground, telescope, background signal, circumstance, reach, cathode-ray oscilloscope, ambit, setting, range, mise en scene, oscilloscope, backcloth, background knowledge, background, mount, orbit, backdrop, desktop, context, stage setting

3. telescope, scopenoun

   a magnifier of images of distant objects

   Synonyms:
   reach, setting, range, cathode-ray oscilloscope, telescope, ambit, background, compass, orbit, oscilloscope

4. oscilloscope, scope, cathode-ray oscilloscope, CROnoun

   electronic equipment that provides visual images of varying electrical quantities

   Synonyms:
   reach, setting, range, cathode-ray oscilloscope, telescope, ambit, background, compass, orbit, oscilloscope

Matched Categories

1. • Electronic Equipment
   • Magnifier

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1. spectrum

   Submitted by rinat on December 20, 2020  

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1. scopenoun

   Synonyms:
   purpose, proposal, drift, tendency, aim, mark, intention, intent, purport, design, object, view

2. scopenoun

   Synonyms:
   room, opportunity, margin, range, liberty, latitude, amplitude, free course, free play, full play, elbow room

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1. scopenoun

   Synonyms:
   design, purpose, opportunity, space, room, liberty, extent, compass, purview

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1. List of paraphrases for "scope":

   extent, reach, field, range, breadth, magnitude, ambit, scale, area, coverage, framework, margin, sphere, portée, reachability, purview, brought, significance, context, grasp, fingertips, size, leeway, reaches, extended, possibilities, worn, possibility, room, latitude, comms, litter, space, level, outreach

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1. List of known nicknames for "Scope":

   James Gillespie

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1. scope

   Synonyms:
   'scope

2. SCOPE

   Synonyms:
   Cardiology Study on Cognition and Prognosis in the Elderly Infectious disease Surveillance and Control Of Pathogens of Epidemiologic importance

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How to use scope in a sentence?

1. Donald Trump:

   Now the Republican Party is the talk of the world because there's no place and no party that's … increasing in scope like we have, millions of people have come into the party … and that wouldn't have happened if I didn't run, believe me.

2. Joe Biden:

   The scope and scale of this destruction is almost beyond belief, these tornadoes devoured everything in their path.

3. Samsung Electronics:

   The company expects the scope of price declines in main memory chip products to be larger than expected.

4. Hu Xiang:

   The trade sanctions between China and the U.S. will certainly have a huge impact on us, we are developing a completely automated cell culture robot, which comes within the scope of the tariffs.

5. Jan Harzan:

   Only then will the full picture emerge regarding the size and scope of this phenomenon and how it is affecting us as a civilization.