ambit

CEFRC2

/ˈæmbɪt/

noun

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In plain English

  1. 01

    noun

    The range or limits of an activity, subject, or power.

  2. 02

    noun

    Extra detail

    The boundary around a building, town, region, etc.

Examples

  • These issues should fall within the ambit of the talks.

  • He had invited Destiny to sweep him up in her reaping, by placing himself in the ambit of her scythe; but the sharp reaping-hook had passed him by.

At a glance

Sits at C2 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
1
Citations
2
Synonyms
1

Deep Dive

noun

Extra meanings

  1. The extent of actions, thoughts, or the meaning of words, etc.

  2. The area or sphere of control and influence of something.

  3. Chiefly in the plural form ambits: the open space surrounding a building, town, etc.; the grounds or precincts of a place.

More examples

In context

  • Nickle shrugged his shoulders to indicate the inexpressible ambit of Mr. Bronsky's obvious shortcomings.

Synonyms

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Origin

noun

From Late Middle English ambyte, borrowed from Latin ambitus (“circuit; circumference, perimeter; area within a perimeter; ground around a building; cycle, orbit, revolution”) (compare Late Latin ambitus (“neighbourhood; wall of a castle, monastery, or town; cloister; parish boundary”)), from ambīre + -tus (suffix forming verbal nouns from verbs). Ambīre is the present active infinitive of ambiō (“to go around, to skirt; to encircle, surround”), from ambi- (“prefix meaning ‘both, on both sides’”) (possibly ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ent- (“front; face; forehead”)) + eō (“to go, move”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₁ey- (“to go”)). The English word is a doublet of ambitu...