scopes

Questions about scopes

What does scopes mean?

scopes means "Tennessee highschool teacher who violated a state law by teaching evolution; in a highly publicized trial in 1925 he was prosecuted by William Jennings Bryan and defended by Clarence Darrow (1900-1970)".

How many syllables are in scopes?

scopes has 1 syllable: scopes. In IPA it is /ˈskoʊps/.

What is another word for scopes?

Close synonyms include John Scopes, John Thomas Scopes. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is scopes a common word?

scopes is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for scopes come from Princeton University’s WordNet. The pronunciation comes from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.