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Definition of Ambit
1. Noun. An area in which something acts or operates or has power or control:. "In the political orbit of a world power"
Generic synonyms: Extent
Specialized synonyms: Approximate Range, Ballpark, Confines, Contrast, Internationalism, Internationality, Latitude, Horizon, Purview, View, Expanse, Sweep, Gamut, Spectrum, Palette, Pallet
Derivative terms: Compass, Range, Range, Scopal
Definition of Ambit
1. n. Circuit or compass.
Definition of Ambit
1. Noun. The sphere or area of control and influence of something. ¹
2. Noun. A circuit, or a boundary around a property. ¹
3. Noun. A span of actions, thoughts, or words. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Ambit
1. the external boundary of something [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Ambit
Literary usage of Ambit
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Law and Practice Relating to Letters Patent for Inventions by Roger William Wallace, John Bruce Williamson (1900)
"ambit of the Invention.—Although intention is no part of infringement, and the
wrongdoer is ... This is sometimes called the area or ambit of the invention. ..."
2. Report of the Late Important Trial in the Court of King's Bench: Respecting by Sir Charles Merrik Burrell (1834)
"Gentlemen, it would be enough for me to shew, as I shall do by the clearest
evidence, that the site of these houses is within the ambit of the parish; ..."
3. Narragansett Bay: Its Historic and Romantic Associations and Picturesque by Edgar Mayhew Bacon (1904)
"... Chapter III The ambit of the Bay " A "1L 7 E can crow loud enough," the Rhode
Island \ /\ I man says, "if we do have to go outside TT the State to get ..."
4. The first and second books of Ovid's Metamorphoses: with Ovid's autobiography by Ovid, William Thane Peck (1900)
"... ambit, incidit in matrem, quae restitit Arcade viso et cognoscenti similis fuit.
Ule refugit JUNO. ..."
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