Meaning

noun an area in which something acts or operates or has power or control:

noun the state of the environment in which a situation exists

noun a magnifier of images of distant objects

originFrom Italian scopo (“purpose”), from Latin scopus (“target”), from Ancient Greek σκοπός (skopós), from σκέπτομαι (sképtomai), from Proto-Indo-European *speḱ-. Etymologically related to skeptic and spectrum.

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