noun
purview
PURV-yoo
noun
1
The scope or range of something's authority, responsibility, or interest, especially a law or an official role.
"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
Word Forms
purviews plural
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Etymology
From Anglo-Norman legal phrasing meaning roughly "it is provided," later shaped by influence from the word "view."