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scope

/sˈkəʊp/SKOHP
/sˈkoʊp/SKOHP

Meaninga mark, a target

Common meaning: room to act

Other meanings: range of view

Journey through time

  1. Italianscopo‘a mark to shoot at’source
  2. Early English spellingskopesource
  3. Englishmeaning shiftsa mark to shoot at → room to actscope‘room to act’ · today

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
  • No UK recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-GB voice.
  • US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
  • No US recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-US voice.

Origin: Built on Italian scopo ‘a mark, a target’.

Roots

  • scopo Italian “a mark, a target”

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