Purview

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. The extent or range of function, power, or competence; scope. See Synonyms at range.
  • n. Range of vision, comprehension, or experience; outlook.
  • n. Law The body, scope, or limit of a statute.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. The enacting part of a statute.
  • n. The scope of a statute.
  • n. Scope or range of interest or control.
  • n. Range of understanding.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n.
  • n. The body of a statute, or that part which begins with “ Be it enacted, ” as distinguished from the preamble.
  • n. The limit or scope of a statute; the whole extent of its intention or provisions.
  • n. Limit or sphere of authority; scope; extent.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. A condition, provision, or disposition; in law, that part of a statute which begins with the words “Be it enacted,” as distinguished from the preamble, and hence the whole body of provisions.
  • n. Field, scope, sphere, or limits of anything, as of a law, authority, etc.: as, the purview of science; facts that come under the purview of consciousness.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. the range of interest or activity that can be anticipated
    • Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    reach    scope    range    compass    orbit    ambit   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    scope    extent    body    view   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    gyrocompass    itmight    phaenomena    disrelish   
     
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