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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 :   [ gcide ]

  Purview \Pur"view\, n. [OF. purveu, pourveu, F. pourvu,
     provided, p. p. of OF. porveoir, F. pourvoir. See Purvey,
     View, and cf. Proviso.]
     1.
        (a) (Law) The body of a statute, or that part which begins
            with `` Be it enacted, '' as distinguished from the
            preamble. --Cowell.
        (b) Hence: The limit or scope of a statute; the whole
            extent of its intention or provisions. --Marshall.
            [1913 Webster]
  
                  Profanations within the purview of several
                  statutes.                         --Bacon.
            [1913 Webster]
  
     2. Limit or sphere of authority; scope; extent.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              In determining the extent of information required in
              the exercise of a particular authority, recourse
              must be had to the objects within the purview of
              that authority.                       --Madison.
        [1913 Webster]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) :   [ web1913 ]

  Purview \Pur"view\, n. [OF. purveu, pourveu, F. pourvu,
     provided, p. p. of OF. porveoir, F. pourvoir. See Purvey,
     View, and cf. Proviso.]
     1.
        (a) (Law) The body of a statute, or that part which begins
            with `` Be it enacted, '' as distinguished from the
            preamble. --Cowell.
        (b) Hence: The limit or scope of a statute; the whole
            extent of its intention or provisions. --Marshall.
  
                  Profanations within the purview of several
                  statutes.                         --Bacon.
  
     2. Limit or sphere of authority; scope; extent.
  
              In determining the extent of information required in
              the exercise of a particular authority, recourse
              must be had to the objects within the purview of
              that authority.                       --Madison.

From WordNet (r) 2.0 :   [ wn ]

  purview
       n : the range of interest or activity that can be anticipated;
           "It is beyond the horizon of present knowledge" [syn: horizon,
            view]

From Greek Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-el-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  purview
     Αγγλικά n.
     1 πεδίο, πλαίσιο, πλαίσιο εφαρμογής, πεδίο/πλαίσιο ισχύος,
  αρμοδιότητας
     2 επικράτεια, αρμοδιότητα, εμπίπτει στην δικαιοδοσία του

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  purview
     n.
     1 (lb en legal) The enacting part of a statute.
     2 (lb en legal) The scope of a statute.
     3 Scope or range of interest or control.
     4 range of understanding.

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]

  purview
     n.
     1 (lb en legal) The enacting part of a statute.
     2 (lb en legal) The scope of a statute.
     3 Scope or range of interest or control.
     4 range of understanding.

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]

  purview
     n.
     1 (lb en legal) The enacting part of a statute.
     2 (lb en legal) The scope of a statute.
     3 Scope or range of interest or control.
     4 range of understanding.

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]

  purview
     n.
     1 (lb en legal) The enacting part of a statute.
     2 (lb en legal) The scope of a statute.
     3 Scope or range of interest or control.
     4 range of understanding.

From Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  purview
     Englanti n.
     ala (merkityksessä olla jonkun alaa)

From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ara ]

  Purview /pˈɜːvjuː/
  مدى البصر

From English-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-bul ]

  purview /pˈɜːvjuː/ 
  1. текст на закон
  law: enacting part of a statute
  2. обхват на закон
  law: scope of a statute
  3. компетенция
  range of understanding
  4. сфера на действие
  scope or range of interest or control

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  purview /pˈɜːvjuː/ 
  kompetence

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  purview /pˈɜːvjuː/
  dosah

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  purview /pˈɜːvjuː/
  Bereich 
        "This matter comes within/under the purview of the Ministry of Health."  - Diese Angelegenheit fällt in den Bereich des Gesundheitsministeriums.
        "That question is beyond/outside my purview."  - Diese Frage fällt nicht in meinen Bereich.
   see: purviews
  

From English-Hindi FreeDict Dictionary ver. 1.6 :   [ freedict:eng-hin ]

  purview /pˈɜːvjuː/ 
  1. सीमा
        "Political science falls within the purview of social science."

From English-Croatian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.2 :   [ freedict:eng-hrv ]

  purview /pˈɜːvjuː/
  djelokrug, nadležnost, područje, područje primjene, pregled, prikaz, vidokrug, zakonska odredba

From English-Hungarian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.1 :   [ freedict:eng-hun ]

  purview /pˈɜːvjuː/
  1. törvény rendelkezô része
  2. mûködési kör
  3. hatáskör

From English-Turkish FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3 :   [ freedict:eng-tur ]

  purview /pˈɜːvjuː/
  1. meal, mefhum, mana
  2. sadet, konu
  3. (huk.) bir kanunun hüküm (kıs.)mı
  4. saha.

From IPA:en_US :   [ IPA:en_US ]

  

/ˈpɝvˌju/

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :   [ moby-thesaurus ]

  94 Moby Thesaurus words for "purview":
     agency, agentship, ambit, assignment, authority, authorization,
     brevet, care, charge, clear sight, color vision, commission,
     commissioning, commitment, compass, cone vision, consignment, cure,
     day vision, daylight vision, delegated authority, delegation,
     deputation, devolution, devolvement, discernment, embassy,
     empowerment, entrusting, entrustment, errand, executorship,
     exequatur, extension, extent, eye, eye-mindedness, eyesight,
     factorship, farsight, farsightedness, field of view,
     field of vision, full power, horizon, jurisdiction, keen sight,
     ken, legation, license, lieutenancy, mandate, mission,
     night vision, office, orbit, perception, peripheral field,
     peripheral vision, perspicacity, perspicuity, photopia,
     plenipotentiary power, power of attorney, power of sight,
     power to act, procuration, proxy, quick sight, radius, range,
     reach, regency, regentship, responsibility, rod vision, scope,
     scotopia, seeing, sense of sight, sight, sightedness, sweep, task,
     trust, trusteeship, twilight vision, unobstructed vision,
     vicarious authority, vision, visual acuity, visual field,
     visual sense, warrant
  
  

From Stardic English-Chinese Dictionary :   [ stardic ]

  n. 范围,权限,视界;

From XDICT the English-Chinese dictionary :   [ xdict ]

     n. 范围,权限,视界

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