Collocation Dictionary
Common collocations with scope in American Collocation
scope
noun
uncountable
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Around 90% of spoken and written English relies on just 7,500 common words.
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What are red words?
Around 90% of spoken and written English relies on just 7,500 common words.These words are highlighted in red and are ranked using a star system.
- One-star words are commonly used
- Two-star words are even more common
- Three-star words are the most frequently used
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/skoʊp/
increase the scope of something
broaden
enlarge
expand
extend
increase
widen
Professor Sykes advised her to broaden the scope of her research.
decrease the scope of something
curtail
delimit
limit
minimize
narrow
reduce
restrict
These findings usefully restricted the scope of the investigation.
say exactly what the scope is
circumscribe
define
determine
explain
We wanted to determine the scope of this problem.
of a programme of work or study
analysis
investigation
programme
project
research
review
study
work
The first task is to define the scope of your research.
of a written document
article
book
document
paper
report
The costs of the proposals fall outside the scope of this paper.
of a law or rule
directive
law
legislation
regulations
It is not clear whether live musical events fall within the scope of this legislation.
great
ample
broad
considerable
endless
enormous
immense
tremendous
unlimited
wide
Due to our unique patient population there is ample scope for clinical research.
little
limited
little
narrow
restricted
The limited scope for tax cuts meant that growth was much slower than in the 1980s.