ambit
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ambit
- /ˈæmbɪt/ US, UK
Rhymes with -æmbɪt
Where it comes from
From Late Middle English ambyte, borrowed from Latin ambitus (“circuit; circumference, perimeter; area within a perimeter; ground around a building; cycle, orbit, revolution”) (compare Late Latin ambitus (“neighbourhood; wall of a castle, monastery, or town; cloister; parish boundary”)), from ambīre + -tus (suffix forming verbal nouns from verbs). Ambīre is the present active infinitive of ambiō (“to go around, to skirt; to encircle, surround”), from ambi- (“prefix meaning ‘both, on both sides’”) (possibly ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ent- (“front; face; forehead”)) + eō (“to go, move”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₁ey- (“to go”)). The English word is a doublet of ambitus.
noun ambits
- The extent of actions, thoughts, or the meaning of words, etc. Nickle shrugged his shoulders to indicate the inexpressible ambit of Mr. Bronsky's obvious shortcomings.
- The area or sphere of control and influence of something. He had invited Destiny to sweep him up in her reaping, by placing himself in the ambit of her scythe; but the sharp reaping-hook had passed him by.
- The boundary around a building, town, region, etc.
- The circumference of something circular; also, an arc; a circuit, an orbit.
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Chiefly in the plural form ambits: the open space surrounding a building, town, etc.; the grounds or precincts of a place.
Similar: curtilage
Translations
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noun extent of actions, thoughts, etc.
| Português | âmbito |
|---|
noun area or sphere of control and influence of something
| Español | ámbito, zona de influencia |
|---|---|
| Português | âmbito, esfera |
| Français | champ |
| Deutsch | Einflussbereich, Einflussgebiet, Einflusssphäre, Geltungsbereich, Herrschaftsbereich, Machtbereich |
| Italiano | ambito |
noun boundary around a building, town, region, etc.
| Español | ámbito |
|---|---|
| Português | âmbito |
| Français | portée |
| Deutsch | Abgrenzung, Begrenzung, Bereichsgrenze, Grenze, Umfriedung, Umgrenzung |
| Italiano | ambito |
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