scope is applicable to an area of activity, predetermined and limited, but somewhat flexible.

SCOPE definition: extent or range of view, outlook, application, operation, effectiveness, etc.. See examples of scope used in a sentence.

The surgeon looks through two scopes that provide a three-dimensional image of inside the patient. The surgery is done through a scope so the stomach is not open.

The scope of an activity, topic, or piece of work is the whole area which it deals with or includes. Mr. Dobson promised to widen the organization's scope of activity.

1. extent or range of view, outlook, application, operation, effectiveness, etc.: an investigation of wide scope. 2. opportunity or freedom for movement or activity: to give one's fancy full scope.

Definition of scope noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.

-scope- comes from Greek, where it has the meaning "see.'' This meaning is found in such words as: fluoroscope, gyroscope, horoscope, microscope, microscopic, periscope, radioscopy, …