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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 anticipated
Familiarity information: PURVIEW used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
The range of interest or activity that can be anticipated
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Synonyms:
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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"He who does not know the falcon would grill it." (Arabic proverb)
"Heaven helps those who help themselves." (Corsican proverb)