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PURVIEW

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does purview mean? 

PURVIEW (noun)
  The noun PURVIEW has 1 sense:

1. the range of interest or activity that can be anticipatedplay

  Familiarity information: PURVIEW used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


PURVIEW (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

The range of interest or activity that can be anticipated

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Synonyms:

horizon; purview; view

Context example:

It is beyond the horizon of present knowledge

Hypernyms ("purview" is a kind of...):

ambit; compass; orbit; range; reach; scope (an area in which something acts or operates or has power or control:)


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