Purpose vs. Scope
Purposenoun
An object to be reached; a target; an aim; a goal. "purpose".
Purposenoun
A result that is desired; an intention.
Purposenoun
The act of intending to do something; resolution; determination.
Purposenoun
The subject of discourse; the point at issue.
Purposenoun
The reason for which something is done, or the reason it is done in a particular way.
Purposenoun
(obsolete) Instance; example.
Purposeverb
(intransitive) To have set as one's purpose; resolve to accomplish; intend; plan.
Purposeverb
To design for some purpose.
Purposeverb
To discourse.
Purposenoun
That which a person sets before himself as an object to be reached or accomplished; the end or aim to which the view is directed in any plan, measure, or exertion; view; aim; design; intention; plan.
Purposenoun
Proposal to another; discourse.
Purposenoun
Instance; example.
Purposeverb
To set forth; to bring forward.
Purposeverb
To propose, as an aim, to one's self; to determine upon, as some end or object to be accomplished; to intend; to design; to resolve; - often followed by an infinitive or dependent clause.
Purposeverb
To have a purpose or intention; to discourse.
Purposenoun
an anticipated outcome that is intended or that guides your planned actions;
Purposenoun
what something is used for;
Purposenoun
the quality of being determined to do or achieve something;
Purposeverb
propose or intend;
Purposeverb
reach a decision;
Scopenoun
The breadth, depth or reach of a subject; a domain.
Scopenoun
(weapons) A device used in aiming a projectile, through which the person aiming looks at the intended target.
Scopenoun
(computing) The region of program source in which an identifier is meaningful.
Scopenoun
(logic) The shortest sub-wff of which a given instance of a logical connective is a part.
Scopenoun
(linguistics) The region of an utterance to which some modifying element applies.
Scopenoun
(slang) A periscope, telescope, microscope or oscilloscope.
Scopenoun
Short for any medical procedure that ends in the suffix endoscopy, colonoscopy, bronchoscopy, etc.}}
Scopeverb
To perform a cursory investigation, as to scope out.
Scopeverb
To perform any medical procedure that ends in the suffix -scopy, such as endoscopy, colonoscopy, bronchoscopy, etc.
Scopeverb
(slang) To examine under a microscope.
Scopenoun
That at which one aims; the thing or end to which the mind directs its view; that which is purposed to be reached or accomplished; hence, ultimate design, aim, or purpose; intention; drift; object.
Scopenoun
Room or opportunity for free outlook or aim; space for action; amplitude of opportunity; free course or vent; liberty; range of view, intent, or action.
Scopenoun
Extended area.
Scopenoun
Length; extent; sweep; as, scope of cable.
Scopenoun
To look at for the purpose of evaluation; usually with out; as, to scope out the area as a camping site.
Scopenoun
an area in which something acts or operates or has power or control:
Scopenoun
the state of the environment in which a situation exists;
Scopenoun
a magnifier of images of distant objects
Scopenoun
electronic equipment that provides visual images of varying electrical quantities
