Word part · Greek combining form
The Greek combining form scope
Means: a tool for looking; look at.
At a glance
- Part
- scope
- Meaning
- a tool for looking; look at
- Layer
- Greek: Combining forms behind science words, with spellings like ph and ch.
Usually comes last in a word and names an instrument: telescope, microscope.
Example words
Read each word, then its sum: the parts that build it, and what they mean together.
Colors:prefixroot or basesuffix
- tele (root or base)+scope (root or base)→telescope
a tool for looking at things far away
- tele (root or base)+scope (root or base)+s (suffix)→telescopes
more than one telescope
- tele (root or base)+scope (root or base)+ic (suffix)→telescopic
having to do with a telescope; able to slide out longer
tele + scope + ic: drop the e → telescopic
- micro (root or base)+scope (root or base)→microscope
a tool for looking at very small things
- micro (root or base)+scope (root or base)+s (suffix)→microscopes
more than one microscope
- micro (root or base)+scope (root or base)+ic (suffix)→microscopic
too small to see without a microscope
micro + scope + ic: drop the e → microscopic
- scope (root or base)on its own is the word scope
the range of what something covers
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