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Collocations for scope - noun

1. opportunity

ADJ.

full
In her new house she had full scope for her passion for gardening.
ample, considerable, enormous, great, tremendous | limited

VERB + SCOPE

have | allow (sb), give sb, leave (sb), offer (sb), provide (sb with)
These courses give students more scope for developing their own ideas.
increase | cut down, reduce

PREP.

~ for
There is limited scope for creativity in my job.

2. range/extent

ADJ.

broad, wide | limited, narrow
The scope of the exhibition is disappointingly narrow.
geographical, territorial
The geographical scope of product markets has widened since the war.

VERB + SCOPE

broaden, expand, extend, increase, widen | limit, reduce, restrict | define, determine
These criteria were used to determine the scope of the curriculum.

SCOPE + VERB

broaden, expand, extend, increase, widen | narrow

PREP.

beyond/outside the ~ of
The subject lies outside the scope of this book.
in (sth''s) ~
The survey is too limited in (its) scope.
within the ~ of
These disputes fall within the scope of the local courts.

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