purview
noun
pur·view
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Definition of purview
1a
: the body or enacting part of a statute
b
: the limit, purpose, or scope of a statute
2
: the range or limit of authority, competence, responsibility, concern, or intention
3
: range of vision, understanding, or cognizance
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Examples of purview in a Sentence
After the true shock and awe of a campaign of massive surplus, as in the Gulf War, no regime would have risked its survival by failing to go after the terrorists within its purview.
— Mark Helprin, Wall Street Journal, 17 May 2004
It is the use of informal, back channels outside public or congressional purview—designed partly to thwart publicity and partly to hold down the temperature of disputes within the government—that critics say denies the protections of open government.
— Bob Woodward et al., Washington Post, 20-26 Jan. 1992
… the contemporary university, though, has reached beyond the purview of education, and it has thereby become entangled in problems it lacks the means to resolve.
— Louis Menand, Harper's, December 1991
The case is within the court's purview.
That question is outside my purview.
The moral dilemmas of the early settlers are beyond the purview of this book.
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In doing so, administrators risk allowing the behavior to run rampant outside of their purview. — Chris Quintana, USA TODAY, "Secret frats, and what else to look out for during college fraternity rush," 5 Sep. 2019 Since the Arch Mission Foundation is a US nonprofit, this may fall under its purview. — Loren Grush, The Verge, "Why stowaway creatures on the Moon confound international space law," 16 Aug. 2019 Kushner's expansive descriptions of his 2016 campaign purview, including in testimony to Congress and to special counsel Robert Mueller III's investigators, have rankled some. — Author: Ashley Parker, Josh Dawsey, Anchorage Daily News, "Jared Kushner: Trump’s adviser, son-in-law and de facto campaign chief," 27 July 2019 Commissioner Martha Shen-Urquidez told Allred the commission was aware of Arum’s comments, but its purview is limited to regulating combat sports in the context of professional competition. — San Diego Union-Tribune, "Boxer who kissed reporter regains boxing license," 22 July 2019 What's next: Kevin Brockman, who joined WarnerMedia from Disney earlier this year, will assume Schaffer's duties as part of his purview over HBO, Turner and the new HBO Max streaming service. — NBC News, "David Marcus goes to Washington; Jeffrey Katzenberg lands NBC News," 16 July 2019 The process also includes applying for a development review permit, building permit and meeting other criteria that fall under the city’s purview. — San Diego Union-Tribune, "Santee waiving some costs to encourage more granny flats," 22 Aug. 2019 Reforms will also improve Saudi women’s protection against employment discrimination and grant a greater degree of autonomy over family matters, enabling them to register births, marriages or divorces — previously the purview of male relatives. — Joseph Hincks, Time, "Saudi Arabia Is Introducing Landmark Reforms for Women. But the Activists Who Pushed For Them Remain in Prison," 5 Aug. 2019 Woodward was researching a fringe topic—one way outside Fearn’s normal purview. — Sarah Scoles, Scientific American, "The Good Kind of Crazy: The Quest for Exotic Propulsion," 29 July 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'purview.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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More Definitions for purview
purview
noun
English Language Learners Definition of purview
formal
: an area within which someone or something has authority, influence, or knowledge
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purview
noun
pur·view
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Legal Definition of purview
1
: the body of a statute or the part that begins with Be it enacted and ends before the repealing clause
2
: the limit or scope of a law
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