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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1. Michael Pfau:

   The Catholic bankruptcies are limited in geographic scope. Here there will be claimants from all 50 states and the American territories, we can talk about files and numbers, but in reality if you step back and realize the scope of the human carnage, it's stunning.

2. Sassan Danesh:

   The financial institutions when they are looking to add digital assets to the scope of assets classes that they are willing to trade, the compliance officer doesn’t want to come up with entirely new policies, that is where the DTI fits in, it’s part of the same family of ISO standards.

3. Jerome Adams:

   Working together, we helped address the outbreak by implementing comprehensive syringe services programs( SSPs) that helped change the scope of the unprecedented crisis, as a result, our efforts became a model for how other states and localities respond to similar crises -- states like Kentucky, for example, went from zero to more than 70 comprehensive SSPs, to prevent future outbreaks and help people in need of care.

4. Matthew Myers:

   He made proposals that were unprecedented in their breadth, scope and, if they were adopted, likely impact, but they were just proposals.

5. Chief Justice John Marshall:

   Let the end be legitimate, let it be within the scope of the constitution, and all means which are appropriate, which are plainly adapted to that end, which are not prohibited, but consist with the letter and spirit of the constitution, are constitutional. ...[S]hould Congress, under the pretext of executing its powers, pass laws for the accomplishment of objects not entrusted to the government, such [acts are] not the law of the land.