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

Don't use words too big for the subject. Don't say "infinitely" when you mean "very"; otherwise you'll have no word left when you want to talk about something really infinite.
C. S. Lewis