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-scope

Pronunciation: /skəʊp/

Definition of -scope

combining form

  • denoting an instrument for observing, viewing, or examining:microscope telescope

Derivatives

-scopic

Pronunciation: /ˈskɒpɪk/

combining form
in corresponding adjectives.

Origin:

from modern Latin -scopium, from Greek skopein 'look at'

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Definition of -scope in the US English dictionary

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