Meaning: A noun, ambit means scope, extent, bounds or limits of something.
Origin: The term ambit was borrowed from Latin noun ambitus meaning "circuit, circumference", from past participle ambire meaning "to go round”, a combination of amb "around" and -ire meaning "go". Ambitus is a noun associated with circular motion. Ambit has been in use in English since the latter part of the 15th Century.
Usage: The police said that his case doesn't fall within the ambit of their jurisdiction.
A complete discussion on Chola history was outside the ambit of one class period. So the teacher said she would try to cover it in a week's time.
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