ambit

English

Etymology

From Latin ambitus (“going around, circuit”), from ambiō (“go around”).

Noun

ambit (plural ambits)

1. The sphere or area of control and influence of something.
   • 1913, Gilbert Parker, The Judgment House, ch. 34,

     He had invited Destiny to sweep him up in her reaping, by placing himself in the ambit of her scythe.

2. A circuit, or a boundary around a property.
3. A span of actions, thoughts, or words.

Translations

sphere or area of control and influence of something

• Bulgarian: сфера на влияние (bg) (sfera na vlijanie)

• Portuguese: âmbito (pt) m

circuit, or a boundary around a property

• Bulgarian: обиколка (bg) (obikolka), граница (bg) (granica), окръжение (bg) (okrǎženie)

Derived terms

• ambit claim

Anagrams

• imbat
• timba

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Latin

Verb

ambit

1. third-person singular present active indicative of ambiō