scopes

1. The breadth, depth or reach of a subject; a domain.
2. A device used in aiming a projectile, through which the person aiming looks at the intended target.
3. Opportunity; broad range; degree of freedom.
4. The region of program source code in which a given identifier is meaningful, or a given object can be accessed.
5. The shortest sub-wff of which a given instance of a logical connective is a part.
6. The region of an utterance to which some modifying element applies.

   the scope of an adverb

7. A periscope, telescope, microscope or oscilloscope.
8. Any medical procedure that ends in the suffix -scopy, such as endoscopy, colonoscopy, bronchoscopy, etc.

1. To perform a cursory investigation of; scope out.
2. To perform any medical procedure that ends in the suffix -scopy, such as endoscopy, colonoscopy, bronchoscopy, etc.

   The surgeon will scope the football player's knee to repair damage to a ligament.

3. To limit (an object or variable) to a certain region of program source code.

   If we locally scope the user's login name, it won't be accessible from outside this function.

4. To examine under a microscope.

   The entomologist explained that he could not tell what species of springtail we were looking at without scoping it.

5. To observe a bird using a spotting scope.

noun

A bundle, as of twigs.