"ambit" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈæmbɪt/ [General-American, Received-Pronunciation] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-I learned some phrases-ambit.wav Forms: ambits [plural]
Rhymes: -æmbɪt Etymology: 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. Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*h₂ent-|*h₁ey-}}, {{inh|en|enm|ambyte}} Middle English ambyte, {{der|en|la|ambitus|t=circuit; circumference, perimeter; area within a perimeter; ground around a building; cycle, orbit, revolution}} Latin ambitus (“circuit; circumference, perimeter; area within a perimeter; ground around a building; cycle, orbit, revolution”), {{cog|LL.|ambitus|t=neighbourhood; wall of a castle, monastery, or town; cloister; parish boundary}} Late Latin ambitus (“neighbourhood; wall of a castle, monastery, or town; cloister; parish boundary”), {{glossary|suffix}} suffix, {{glossary|verbal noun}} verbal noun, {{glossary|verb}} verb, {{glossary|present}} present, {{glossary|active}} active, {{glossary|infinitive}} infinitive, {{glossary|prefix}} prefix, {{der|en|ine-pro|*h₂ent-|t=front; face; forehead}} Proto-Indo-European *h₂ent- (“front; face; forehead”), {{der|en|ine-pro|*h₁ey-|t=to go}} Proto-Indo-European *h₁ey- (“to go”), {{doublet|en|ambitus|nocap=1}} doublet of ambitus Head templates: {{en-noun}} ambit (plural ambits)
  1. (by extension)
    The extent of actions, thoughts, or the meaning of words, etc.
    Tags: broadly Translations (extent of actions, thoughts, etc.): âmbito [masculine] (Portuguese)
    Sense id: en-ambit-en-noun-5Etn9TKE Categories (other): Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries, Terms with Hungarian translations Disambiguation of Pages with 3 entries: 13 3 1 2 34 30 4 3 4 5 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 19 3 1 2 30 31 4 3 4 4 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 32 16 7 5 40 Disambiguation of 'extent of actions, thoughts, etc.': 78 5 2 2 13
  2. (by extension)
    The area or sphere of control and influence of something.
    Tags: broadly Translations (area or sphere of control and influence of something): сфера на влияние (sfera na vlijanie) (Bulgarian), àmbit (Catalan), zona d'influència (Catalan), champ [masculine] (French), ámbito [masculine] (Galician), Einflussbereich [masculine] (German), Einflussgebiet [neuter] (German), Einflusssphäre [feminine] (German), Geltungsbereich [masculine] (German), Herrschaftsbereich [masculine] (German), Machtbereich [masculine] (German), Wirkungsbereich [masculine] (German), hatáskör (Hungarian), ambito [masculine] (Italian), âmbito [masculine] (Portuguese), esfera [feminine] (Portuguese), ámbito [masculine] (Spanish), zona de influencia (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-ambit-en-noun-6TY~V5BR Categories (other): Terms with Hungarian translations Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 32 16 7 5 40 Disambiguation of 'area or sphere of control and influence of something': 2 91 2 2 2
  3. (archaic) The boundary around a building, town, region, etc. Tags: archaic Translations (boundary around a building, town, region, etc.): обиколка (obikolka) (Bulgarian), граница (granica) (Bulgarian), окръжение (okrǎženie) (Bulgarian), portée [feminine] (French), Abgrenzung [feminine] (German), Begrenzung [feminine] (German), Bereichsgrenze [feminine] (German), Grenze [feminine] (German), Umfriedung [feminine] (German), Umgrenzung [feminine] (German), kiterjedés (Hungarian), ambito [masculine] (Italian), âmbito [masculine] (Portuguese), ámbito (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-ambit-en-noun-NvjFaS1p Disambiguation of 'boundary around a building, town, region, etc.': 1 1 87 1 10
  4. (archaic, rare) The circumference of something circular; also, an arc; a circuit, an orbit. Tags: archaic, rare
    Sense id: en-ambit-en-noun-buu9NtQy
  5. (obsolete) Chiefly in the plural form ambits: the open space surrounding a building, town, etc.; the grounds or precincts of a place. Tags: obsolete Synonyms: curtilage (english: of a house)
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The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: ambit claim Related terms: ambitus

Inflected forms

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        "(obsolete) Chiefly in the plural form ambits: the open space surrounding a building, town, etc.; the grounds or precincts of a place."
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      "sense": "boundary around a building, town, region, etc.",
      "word": "обиколка"
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      "word": "portée"
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      "sense": "boundary around a building, town, region, etc.",
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      "code": "de",
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      "sense": "boundary around a building, town, region, etc.",
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      "word": "Grenze"
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      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "boundary around a building, town, region, etc.",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "Umfriedung"
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      "sense": "boundary around a building, town, region, etc.",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "Umgrenzung"
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      "sense": "boundary around a building, town, region, etc.",
      "word": "kiterjedés"
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      "sense": "boundary around a building, town, region, etc.",
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      "word": "ambito"
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      "code": "pt",
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      "sense": "boundary around a building, town, region, etc.",
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      "word": "âmbito"
    },
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      "sense": "boundary around a building, town, region, etc.",
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      "roman": "sfera na vlijanie",
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      "word": "сфера на влияние"
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      "word": "zona d'influència"
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      "sense": "area or sphere of control and influence of something",
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      "word": "champ"
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      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "area or sphere of control and influence of something",
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      "word": "ámbito"
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      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "area or sphere of control and influence of something",
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      "word": "Einflussbereich"
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      "code": "de",
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      "sense": "area or sphere of control and influence of something",
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      "code": "de",
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      "sense": "area or sphere of control and influence of something",
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      "word": "Geltungsbereich"
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      "code": "de",
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      "code": "de",
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      "word": "Machtbereich"
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      "code": "pt",
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      "sense": "area or sphere of control and influence of something",
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      "word": "esfera"
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      "sense": "area or sphere of control and influence of something",
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      "code": "es",
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      "sense": "area or sphere of control and influence of something",
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}

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