Definition of ambit
2
:the bounds or limits of a place or district
3
:a sphere of action, expression, or influence :scope
-
Trending Now:
More Trending:
- dotage, dotard otherwise federalism bodega carceral
- ALL
What's Trending Now
More Trending Words
Read the Latest from M-W
Examples of ambit in a Sentence
many feel that church leaders stray outside of their proper ambit when they make specific political endorsements
Recent Examples of ambit from the Web
-
Now over a short span of three years more farmers have been brought under its ambit.
-
In Turkey’s case, this deviation came in the form of Ataturk’s inauthentic reforms that placed the country within the ambit of a West that did not accept Turks as equal partners.
-
The more that Waters’s legend grows, the larger the ambit for his grievance becomes.
-
TripAdvisor has a slightly different problem: Its ambit is so broad that its recommendations have come to represent a safe median, a poll of polls.
These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'ambit.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
Origin and Etymology of ambit
Middle English, from Latin ambitus, from ambire
ambit Synonyms
Synonyms
range, amplitude, breadth, compass, confines, dimension (s), extent, reach, realm, scope, sweep, widthRelated Words
gamut, spectrum, spread; bailiwick, circle, demesne, department, discipline, domain, element, fief, fiefdom, field, province, region, specialty, sphere, terrain; frontier; horizon, panoramaAMBIT Defined for English Language Learners
ambit
play
noun
Definition of ambit for English Language Learners
-
: the range or limit that is covered by something (such as a law)
Learn More about ambit
-
See words that rhyme with ambit Thesaurus: All synonyms and antonyms for ambit
Seen and Heard
What made you want to look up ambit? Please tell us where you read or heard it (including the quote, if possible).
Writing? Check your grammar now!