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Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: C1 — Advanced

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. noun an area in which something acts or operates or has power or control:
  2. noun the state of the environment in which a situation exists
  3. noun a magnifier of images of distant objects

Etymology

From Italian scopo (“purpose”), from Latin scopus (“target”), from Ancient Greek σκοπός (skopós), from σκέπτομαι (sképtomai), from Proto-Indo-European *speḱ-. Etymologically related to skeptic and spectrum.

In classic literature

Synonyms

range, reach, orbit, compass, ambit

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