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noun

scope

CEFR B1

the defined boundaries or range of a project or area of responsibility

In a sentence

Six example sentences with scope, each labelled with its topic.

  • The team agreed the scope of the release covered login and billing only, and pushed reporting to the next quarter.

    Technology

  • The judge narrowed the scope of the subpoena to emails sent during the two weeks before the merger.

    Law

  • The commission's scope stops at the north wall; the murals beyond it belong to a different artist entirely.

    Art

  • The founders kept the scope of the first release tiny: one export button and nothing else until users asked.

    Startups

  • The audit's scope covered only the European accounts, so the losses in the Singapore office went unnoticed for a year.

    Finance

  • The inquiry's scope was limited to the flood response, so questions about the dam's design were ruled out.

    Politics

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