ambit

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Party feeling ran high during the first Georges, and embraced things now outside its ambit--the theatre, for example, and the opera.

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  1. noun An external boundary; a circuit.
  2. noun Sphere or scope. See Synonyms at range.

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  • "Miandad's return to the board is a very good omen and his reinstatement is part of a policy to reorganise board affairs and ensure that every person does his job professionally and within his ambit," Butt added. —  dailyindia.com News Feed
  • The speakers also urged the government to allow intelligence agencies to function independently within their respective ambit, instead of using them for political gains.
  • Intelligence agencies must be allowed to function within their respective ambit, he said.
  • According to Dr. Purkayastha, the amendments had nothing to do with TRIPS which does not even include software or computer programmes in its ambit.
  • New Delhi: Widows and the disabled living below the poverty line have been brought within the ambit of a social security scheme for senior citizens over the age of 65, it was announced here Thursday. —  SiliconIndia.com
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  1. Latin ambitus, from past participle of ambīre, to go around; see ambient.

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  1. from Latin ambitus, circuit, from ambire, past participle ambitus, go about: see ambient.
 

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