scope

The extent of the area covered by something; room for action or development.

• nostandard derivatives beyond "in scope" / "out of scope"

• scope of the project
• beyond scope
• within scope
• scope creep
• define the scope
• narrow the scope
• expand the scope
• broad in scope

1. 1.The scope of the review was expanded to include all three divisions, not just the one originally identified.
2. 2.There is significant scope for improvement in our customer onboarding process.

• range/reɪndʒ/— the extent of variation
• extent/ɪkˈstɛnt/— the area covered; the degree
• remit/ˈriːmɪt/— the area of responsibility — BrE

from Greek "skopos" = target, aim, from "skopein" (to look at)