Found 2 items, similar to ambit.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: ambit ambit n : an area in which something acts or operates or has power or control: “the range of a supersonic jet”; “the ambit of municipal legislation”; “within the compass of this article”; “within the scope of an investigation”; “outside the reach of the law”; “in the political orbit of a world power” [syn: scope, range, reach, orbit, compass]
English → English (gcide) Definition: Ambit Ambit \Am"bit\, n. [L. ambitus circuit, fr. ambire to go around. See Ambient.] Circuit or compass. [1913 Webster] His great parts did not live within a small ambit. --Milward. [1913 Webster]