purview
Use Purview in a sentence
vyuSynonyms
1. scope, responsibility, compass, extent.
1. scope, responsibility, compass, extent.
Dictionary.com Unabridged
Based on the Random House Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2013.
Cite This Source
Based on the Random House Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2013.
Cite This Source
|
Link To purview
00:10
Purview
is always a great word to know.
So is callithumpian. Does it mean:
| a children's mummer's parade, as on the Fourth of July, with prizes for the best costumes. |
| an extraordinary or unusual thing, person, or event; an exceptional example or instance. |
Collins
World English Dictionary
purview (ˈpɜːvjuː) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —n | |
| 1. | the scope of operation or concern of something |
| 2. | the breadth or range of outlook or understanding |
| 3. | law the body of a statute, containing the enacting clauses |
| [C15: from Anglo-Norman purveu, from porveeir to furnish; see | |
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 10th Edition
2009 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins
Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009
Cite This Source
2009 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins
Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009
Cite This Source
Etymonline
Word Origin & History
purview
1442, "body of a statute," from Anglo-Fr. purveuest "it is provided," or purveu que "provided that" (1275), clauses that introduced statutes in old legal documents, from O.Fr. porveu "provided," pp. of porveoir "to provide," from L. providere (see provide). Sense of "scope,
extent" is first recorded 1788 in "Federalist" (Madison). Modern sense and spelling influenced by view.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
Cite This Source
Cite This Source
Example sentences
These responses to serve the changing needs of students are by no means the sole purview of the for-profits.
Rather, there is a balance between control and access that generally falls within the purview of the researcher.
But inaccessibility entails that phenomena are outside the purview of science.
Perhaps this is because the problem of insomnia was for a long time the purview mainly of psychologists.
Nearby Words
Synonyms
Copyright © 2013 Dictionary.com, LLC. All rights reserved.
