Associations to the word «Purview»

Wiktionary

PURVIEW, noun. (legal) The enacting part of a statute.
PURVIEW, noun. (legal) The scope of a statute.
PURVIEW, noun. Scope or range of interest or control.
PURVIEW, noun. Range of understanding.

Dictionary definition

PURVIEW, noun. The range of interest or activity that can be anticipated; "It is beyond the horizon of present knowledge".

Wise words

The most important things are the hardest things to say. They are the things you get ashamed of because words diminish your feelings - words shrink things that seem timeless when they are in your head to no more than living size when they are brought out.
Stephen King