24 October 2017
ambit
[am-bit]
noun
1. circumference; circuit.
2. boundary; limit.
3. a sphere of operation or influence; range; scope:
Origin of ambit
Middle English, Latin
1350-1400; Middle English < Latin ambitus a going around, equivalent to amb- ambi- + itus a going ( i- (stem of īre to go) + -tus suffix of v. action)
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Examples from the Web for ambit
Contemporary Examples
This approach easily sweeps Assange and WikiLeaks into its ambit.
The Espionage Case Against Assange
Stephen L. Carter
December 1, 2010
Whether they are in the ambit covered by Madoff’s alleged help to the SEC is not publicly known.
Ruth’s Secret Stash
Allan Dodds Frank
March 15, 2009
Today’s quote
Think in the morning. Act in the noon. Eat in the evening. Sleep in the night.
– William Blake
On this day
24 October 1648 – signing of the Treaty of Munster, between the Holy Roman Emperor, France and their respective allies. This treaty was the second in a series of peace treaties known as the Peace of Westphalia which paved the way for the modern sovereign state. The first was the Peace of Munster, signed on 30 January 1648, the third being the Treaty of Osnabruck, signed on 24 October 1648.
24 October 1648 – signing of the Treaty of Osnabruck, between the Holy Roman Emperor, the empire, Sweden and their respective allies. This treaty was the third in a series of peace treaties known as the Peace of Westphalia which paved the way for the modern sovereign state. The first was the Peace of Munster, signed on 30 January 1648, the second being the Treaty of Munster signed on 24 October 1648.
24 October 1929 – Black Thursday, one week before Wall Street’s infamous Black Tuesday and in a harbinger of the impending crash, investors dumped 13 million shares and the market lost 11% in value.
24 October 1930 – birth of Jiles Perry ‘J.P.’ Richardson Jr, otherwise known as the Big Bopper. 1950s rock and roll star, famous for songs such as ‘Chantilly Lace’ and ‘Running Bear’. Died in a plane crash on 3 February 1959 with other musicians, Buddy Holly, Richie Valens, and the pilot, Roger Peterson. Their deaths were immortalised in the Don McLean song, ‘American Pie’, when he sang about the day the music died.
24 October 1945 – UN Day. The Charter of the United Nations took effect and the United Nations General Assembly declared that it ‘shall be devoted to making known to the peoples of the world the aims and achievements of the United Nations and to gaining their support for its work’.