SCOPE

I. noun see: spy Date: circa 1555 intention , object , space or opportunity for unhampered motion, activity, or thought, extent of treatment, activity, or influence, range of operation: as, the range of a logical operator ; a string in predicate calculus that is governed by a quantifier, a grammatical constituent that determines the interpretation of a predicate or quantifier, see: range II. noun Etymology: -~ Date: 1872 any of various instruments for viewing: as, micro~ , tele~ , a tele~ mounted on a firearm for use as a sight, horo~ , III. transitive verb (~d; scoping) Etymology: perhaps from 2~ Date: 1974 to look at especially for the purpose of evaluation