ambit
pronunciation
How to pronounce ambit in British English:
UK [ˈæmbɪt]
How to pronounce ambit in American English:
US [ˈæmbɪt]
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- Noun:
- an area in which something acts or operates or has power or control: "the range of a supersonic jet"
Word Origin
- ambit (n.)
- late 14c., "space surrounding a building or town; precinct;" 1590s, "a circuit," from Latin ambitus "a going round," past participle of ambire "to go round, to go about" (see ambient).
Example
- 1. This census will be relatively modest in ambit .
- 2. But even as they seek a middle option between bail-out and catastrophic collapse , the ambit of these mechanisms does not always extend to subsidiaries outside the home country .
- 3. Among the concerns is the heft of the euro zone 's bailout fund : even with promised changes that will increase its ambit and lending capacity , it is far from sufficient to provide support to italy .
- 4. India 's prime minister , manmohan singh , told a conference of political parties in the indian-administered part of kashmir that india would consider granting " autonomy " to the state " within the ambit of the constitution " .
- 5. From relatively simple projects to build roads and bridges and the like , large chunks of public spending have fallen within its ambit , including labour 's much-trumpeted new schools and hospitals as well as prisons ( see article ) and mid-air refuelling jets for the royal air force .