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Definition of ambit noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

ambit

noun

/ˈæmbɪt/

/ˈæmbɪt/

[singular] (formal)

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the range of the authority or influence of something
- within the ambit of something This case falls clearly within the ambit of the 2021 Act.
Word Originlate Middle English (in the sense ‘precincts, an area’): from Latin ambitus ‘circuit’, from ambire ‘go round’.

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