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The correct spelling is scoped.

How to pronounce scoped

verb

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The correct spelling is scoped. To perform a cursory investigation of; scope out. For example: "The surgeon will scope the football player's knee to repair damage to a ligament."

Usage Examples

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

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

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

Definition

verb

  1. 1.To perform a cursory investigation of; scope out.
  2. 2.To perform any medical procedure that ends in the suffix -scopy, such as endoscopy, colonoscopy, bronchoscopy, etc.
  3. 3.To limit (an object or variable) to a certain region of program source code.
  4. 4.To examine under a microscope.
  5. 5.To observe a bird using a spotting scope.

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