Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

scope out

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.26 in modern English

Syllables: scope out
IPA

12

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

1

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To examine; to scout; to investigate.

Informal; Transitive verb

Example Sentences

"The conference starts on the 12th, but the building will be open on the 11th if you want to scope out the room ahead of time."
"Everything basically winds up the way you’d expect, with Jon heading to Dragonstone to scope out Dany while Cersei more or less successfully marshals some Tyrell bannermen and some Qyburn inventions for the defense of King’s Landing. But it doesn’t feel like a foregone conclusion."

Etymology

Quite possibly from the act of surveying (something) from a distance with a scope, such as a field scope (telescope), binoculars, or periscope, as especially in military reconnoitering.

Usage

Inflected Forms

scopes out (present, singular) scoping out (participle, present) scoped out (participle, past) scoped out (past)

Synonyms

check out scope

Questions

What does scope out mean?: To examine; to scout; to investigate.
Where does scope out come from?: Quite possibly from the act of surveying (something) from a distance with a scope, such as a field scope (telescope), binoculars, or periscope, as especially in military reconnoitering.

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