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purview

noun · 5 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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Pronunciation

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  • /ˈpɜː(ɹ)vjuː/
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  • CMU ARPABET: P ER1 V Y UW2 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

The enacting part of a statute.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: law

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

The scope of a statute.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: law

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

Scope or range of interest or control.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: responsibility

Antonyms: none provided

4

noun

Meaning 4

Range of understanding.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

5

noun

Meaning 5

the range of interest or activity that can be anticipated

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • It is beyond the horizon of present knowledge

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: horizon, view

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: scope, range, reach, orbit, compass, ambit

History

Etymology

From Middle English purveu (“proviso”), from Anglo-Norman purveu est (“it is provided”), or purveu que (“provided that”) (statutory language), from Old French porveü (“provided”), past participle of porveoir (“to provide”), from Latin prōvideō (see provide). Influenced by view and its etymological antecedents.

Across languages

Translations

43 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Bulgarian: текст на закон (tekst na zakon) — law: enacting part of a statute
  • Polish: rozstrzygająca część uchwały — law: enacting part of a statute
  • Russian: диспозитивная часть закона (dispozitivnaja častʹ zakona) — law: enacting part of a statute
  • Turkish: kanunun hüküm kısmı — law: enacting part of a statute
  • Bulgarian: обхват на закон (obhvat na zakon) — law: scope of a statute
  • Dutch: bereik — law: scope of a statute
  • German: Geltungsbereich — law: scope of a statute
  • Polish: zakres — law: scope of a statute
  • Russian: рамка (ramka) — law: scope of a statute
  • Russian: граница (granica) — law: scope of a statute
  • Russian: сфера (sfera) — law: scope of a statute
  • Turkish: amaç — law: scope of a statute
  • Bulgarian: сфера на действие (sfera na dejstvie) — scope or range of interest or control
  • Czech: rozsah (zájmu) — scope or range of interest or control
  • Czech: zorné pole — scope or range of interest or control
  • Czech: obzor (vědění) — scope or range of interest or control
  • Czech: oblast zájmu — scope or range of interest or control
  • Czech: rámec působnosti — scope or range of interest or control
  • Czech: kompetence — scope or range of interest or control
  • Czech: pravomoc — scope or range of interest or control
  • Danish: ansvarsområde — scope or range of interest or control
  • Dutch: bereik — scope or range of interest or control
  • French: domaine — scope or range of interest or control
  • French: portée — scope or range of interest or control
  • German: Einflussbereich — scope or range of interest or control
  • German: Zuständigkeitsbereich — scope or range of interest or control
  • German: Bereich — scope or range of interest or control
  • German: Reichweite — scope or range of interest or control
  • German: Zuständigkeit — scope or range of interest or control
  • Greek: αρμοδιότητα (armodiótita) — scope or range of interest or control
  • Polish: zakres — scope or range of interest or control
  • Polish: zasięg — scope or range of interest or control
  • Polish: obszar — scope or range of interest or control
  • Russian: сфера интересов (sfera interesov) — scope or range of interest or control
  • Turkish: görüş alanı — scope or range of interest or control
  • Ukrainian: кругозі́р (kruhozír) — scope or range of interest or control
  • Bulgarian: компетенция (kompetencija) — range of understanding
  • Czech: rozsah porozumění — range of understanding
  • Dutch: bereik — range of understanding
  • German: Bereich — range of understanding
  • Polish: kompetencja — range of understanding
  • Russian: компетенция (kompetencija) — range of understanding
  • Russian: способность (sposobnostʹ) — range of understanding