wide scope

collocation in English

meaningsofwideandscope

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wide
adjective
uk
/waɪd/us
/waɪd/
having a larger distance from one side to the other than is usual or expected, especially in comparison with the length of something; ...
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scope
noun[U]
uk
/skəʊp/us
/skoʊp/
the range of a subject covered by a book, programme, discussion, ...
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(Definition ofwideandscopefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofwide scope

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Inevitably in an edited volume with awidescope, several themes are absent or underrepresented.
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First, the project is one of awidescope, involving the collecting, translating and organizing of hundreds of remedies from various sources.
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The problem is that thewidescopereading after reconstruction is impossible.
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But such drawbacks were probably inevitable given the chapter's limited length,widescope, and editorial function.
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The subject is one of an appropriatelywidescopefor the display of the width of his knowledge and the fertility of his mind.
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This latter reading is the one wherewidescopeis on four ladies.
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However, there iswidescopefor involving all categories of farm households in greater household participation and opportunities through increased institutional activities.
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The only way to satisfy all requirements is the proof (50) that derives thewidescopereading.
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The only absolute restriction is that an epistemic modal must always havewidescope.
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This example receives only the reading whereby a certain policeman takeswidescopeover every house.
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In this way, "this" takeswidescoperelative to intentional operators. 28.
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I ignore here the other reading of (80), where the indefinite takeswidescopewith respect to think.
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The only reading obtained here is one according to which negation takeswidescopeover the existential quantifier.
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