Purview
['pɜːvjuː] or ['pɝvju]
Definition
(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.
Editor: Stu
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Limit, sphere, scope, extent.
Checked by Jocelyn
Definition
n. a condition or disposition: the part of a statute beginning with 'Be it enacted:' scope: limits.
Inputed by Logan
Examples
- This state of affairs may be formulated by saying that the older humanism omitted economic and industrial conditions from its purview. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- Gradually they extended their purview of grievances to a criticism of all the affairs of the realm. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
Checker: Patrice