What is the meaning of scope?

(n.) ()
- synonyms: range, reach, orbit, compass, ambit
The state of the environment in which a situation exists.
- usage: "you can't do that in a university setting"
- synonyms: setting, background
A magnifier of images of distant objects.
- synonyms: telescope
Electronic equipment that provides visual images of varying electrical quantities.
- synonyms: oscilloscope, cathode-ray oscilloscope, CRO

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APA	WordNet. (2010). scope. Retrieved July 20, 2017, from http://smartdefine.org/scope/definitions/1211684
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MLA	WordNet. "scope" 23 October 2010. Web. 20 July 2017. <http://smartdefine.org/scope/definitions/1211684>

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