ambit
The extent of actions, thoughts, or the meaning of words, etcThe extent of actions, thoughts, or the meaning of words, etc.
» These issues should fall within the ambit of the talks.
Meaning
5 sensesThe extent of actions, thoughts, or the meaning of words, etc.
The extent of actions, thoughts, or the meaning of words, etc.
(broadly)The area or sphere of control and influence of something.
Einflussbereich, Einflussgebiet, Einflusssphäre
an area in which something acts or operates or has power or control:
(archaic)The boundary around a building, town, region, etc.
Abgrenzung, Begrenzung, Bereichsgrenze
(archaic, rare)The circumference of something circular; also, an arc; a circuit, an orbit.
(obsolete)Chiefly in the plural form ambits: the open space surrounding a building, town, etc.; the grounds or precincts of a place.
Examples
1 sentencesThese issues should fall within the ambit of the talks.
Translations
5 languagesBy meaning 2
Origin
From Late Middle English ambyte, borrowed from Latin ambitus (“circuit; circumference, perFrom 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 ambitus.
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