Meanings
present singular third person scopes out · participle present scoping out · participle past scoped out · past scoped out
- idiomaticinformaltransitiveTo examine; to scout; to investigate.
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.
1 more example
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.
2017 July 23, Brandon Nowalk, “The great game begins with a bang on Game Of Thrones (newbies)”, in The Onion AV Club, archived from the original on 26 Jul 2017
Synonyms & antonyms
Origin
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.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Bulgarian разучавам, разуча
- разучавам (razučavam)to scout
- разуча (razuča)to scout
Italian ispezionare, esplorare
- ispezionareto scout
- esplorareto scout
Spanish inspeccionar, explorar
- inspeccionarto scout
- explorarto scout
- examinarto scout
- indagarto scout
Cite this entry
scope out. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/scope%20out
“scope out.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/scope%20out. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “scope out,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/scope%20out.
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