noun
purview
PURV-yoo
Purview (noun) means the scope or range of something's authority, responsibility, or interest, especially a law or an official role. Example: “Overseas trade deals fall outside the purview of a local council.”
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The scope or range of something's authority, responsibility, or interest, especially a law or an official role.
"Several air marshals have asked Congress to remove the program from T.S.A.’s purview and entrust it to a different agency, like Customs and Border Protection or the Federal Bureau of Investigation."
— Ron Nixon, Scandals and Investigations, but Few Arrests, for Air Marshals Program (2018)
"Rhetorical relations have truth conditional effects that contribute to meaning but lie outside the purview of compositional semantics."
— Nicholas Asher, Alex Lascarides (2003)
"Overseas trade deals fall outside the purview of a local council."
"That complaint is outside the purview of this department."
How to use purview
Learner’s notesIn plain EnglishThe area or range of things a person, law, or organisation is responsible for or concerned with.
When to use it
Formal — mostly used in legal, official, or bureaucratic contexts.
Common pairings
within the purview of
outside the purview of
fall under someone's purview
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Word forms
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Etymology
From Anglo-Norman legal phrasing meaning roughly "it is provided," later shaped by influence from the word "view."
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What does “purview” mean?
The word “purview” means the scope or range of something's authority, responsibility, or interest, especially a law or an official role. In plain terms, the area or range of things a person, law, or organisation is responsible for or concerned with.
How do you pronounce “purview”?
“Purview” is pronounced PURV-yoo (/ˈpɜː(ɹ)vjuː/ in IPA).
How do you use “purview” in a sentence?
Here is “purview” used in a sentence: “Overseas trade deals fall outside the purview of a local council.”
What part of speech is “purview”?
“Purview” is a noun.
Where does the word “purview” come from?
The word “purview” comes from Anglo-Norman. From Anglo-Norman legal phrasing meaning roughly "it is provided," later shaped by influence from the word "view.".
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