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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

AM'BIT, n. [L. ambitus, a circuit, from ambio, to go about. See Ambient.]
The line that encompasses a thing; in geometry, the perimeter of a figure, or the surface of a body. The periphery or circumference of a circular body.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: an area in which something acts or operates or has power or control: "the range of a supersonic jet"; "a piano has a greater range than the human voice"; "the ambit of municipal legislation"; "within the compass of this article"; "within the scope of an investigation"; "outside the reach of the law"; "in the political orbit of a world power" [syn: scope, range, reach, orbit, compass, ambit]

Merriam Webster's

noun Etymology: Middle English, from Latin ambitus, from ambire Date: 1597 1. circuit, compass 2. the bounds or limits of a place or district 3. a sphere of action, expression, or influence ; scope

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. 1 the scope, extent, or bounds of something. 2 precincts or environs. Etymology: ME f. L ambitus circuit f. ambire: see AMBIENT

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Ambit Am"bit, n. [L. ambitus circuit, fr. ambire to go around. See Ambient.] Circuit or compass. His great parts did not live within a small ambit. --Milward.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

The ambit of something is its range or extent. (FORMAL) Her case falls within the ambit of moral law. = scope N-SING: usu with poss

Moby Thesaurus

alentours, ambience, arena, bailiwick, beat, border, borderland, borderlands, circle, circuit, circumambiencies, circumjacencies, circumstances, compass, constituency, context, cycle, demesne, department, domain, dominion, entourage, environing circumstances, environment, environs, extension, extent, field, footing, full circle, gestalt, habitat, hemisphere, judicial circuit, jurisdiction, lap, loop, march, milieu, neighborhood, orb, orbit, outposts, outskirts, pale, perimeter, periphery, precinct, precincts, province, purlieus, purview, radius, reach, realm, revolution, round, round trip, rounds, scope, situation, sphere, sphere of influence, stamping ground, suburbs, surroundings, sweep, territory, total environment, tour, turf, turn, vantage, vicinage, vicinity, walk