Meaning

4 senses
  1. The enacting part of a statute.

    диспозитивная часть законаdispozitivnaja častʹ zakona

  2. The scope of a statute.

    Geltungsbereich

    рамкаramka, границаgranica, сфераsfera

  3. Scope or range of interest or control.

    Einflussbereich, Zuständigkeitsbereich, Bereich

    сфера интересовsfera interesov

    кругозі́рkruhozír

    the range of interest or activity that can be anticipated

  4. Range of understanding.

    Bereich

    компетенцияkompetencija, способностьsposobnostʹ

Examples

3 sentences
  1. That is outside my purview.

    deDas gehört nicht zu meinem Aufgabenbereich. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

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  2. First, some viewed Thanksgiving as a religious holiday, which put it outside of the purview of the president.

    deErstens betrachteten einige das Erntedankfest als einen religiösen Feiertag, weshalb es nicht in den Zuständigkeitsbereich des Präsidenten fiel. — SavvyT

  3. That's Tom's purview.

Translations

6 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
scope or range of interest or control:
Русский
By meaning 4
law: enacting part of a statute:
law: scope of a statute:
scope or range of interest or control:
range of understanding:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
law: scope of a statute:
scope or range of interest or control:

Origin

From Middle English purveu (“proviso”), from Anglo-Norman purveu est (“it is provided”), o

From Middle English purveu (“proviso”), from Anglo-Norman purveu est (“it is provided”), or purveu que (“provided that”) (statutory language), from Old French porveü (“provided”), past participle of porveoir (“to provide”), from Latin prōvideō (see provide). Influenced by view and its etymological antecedents.

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Forms

plural: purviews
Singularpurview
Pluralpurviews

regular

Synonyms

3 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • the range of interest or activity that can be anticipated:horizonview

Word family

1 related words
Relatedpurvey

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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