English Explanatory Dictionary

descope

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. To reduce the scope of; to revise objectives downward, sometimes in the context of a funding shortfall.

Word forms

descope descopes descoping descoped

Etymology

From de- + scope. First attested in US military and aerospace contexts.

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