ambit

See also: àmbit

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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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. The extent of actions, thoughts, or the meaning of words, etc.

Derived terms

• ambit claim

Translations

sphere or area of control and influence of something

• Bulgarian: сфера на влияние (sfera na vlijanie)
• French: champ (fr) m
• Galician: ámbito m
• German: Einflussbereich (de) m, Einflusssphäre f, Geltungsbereich m, Einflussgebiet n, Wirkungsbereich (de) m, Herrschaftsbereich (de) m, Machtbereich (de) m
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• Italian: ambito (it) m
• Portuguese: âmbito (pt) m
• Spanish: ámbito (es) m

circuit, or a boundary around a property

• Bulgarian: обиколка (bg) (obikolka), граница (bg) (granica), окръжение (okrǎženie)
• French: portée (fr) f
• German: Begrenzung (de) f, Umgrenzung f, Umfriedung f, Abgrenzung (de) f, Bereichsgrenze f, Grenze (de) f
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• Italian: ambito (it) m
• Spanish: ámbito (es)

Anagrams

• BTAIM, imbat, timba

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Latin

Verb

(deprecated template usage) ambit

1. third-person singular present active indicative of ambiō