Synonyms for purview
ˈpɜr vyupurview

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1. horizon, view, purviewnoun

   the range of interest or activity that can be anticipated

   "It is beyond the horizon of present knowledge"

   Synonyms:
   scene, prospect, view, thought, eyeshot, apparent horizon, aspect, horizon, visible horizon, opinion, vista, skyline, sentiment, perspective, position, celestial horizon, persuasion, sight, survey, panorama, sensible horizon

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1. purviewnoun

   Synonyms:
   limit, sphere, scope, extent

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1. List of paraphrases for "purview":

   competence, jurisdiction, scope, competency, ambit

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1. President Hassan Rouhani:

   If the Americans take the appropriate steps and set them free, certainly the right environment will be open and the right circumstances will be created for us to do everything within our power and our purview to bring about the swiftest freedom for the Americans held in Iran as well.

2. Volkan Topalli:

   I think that it's that's been missing in the United States for a long time, in America, we tend to think of crime as purely the purview of police departments, and I don't think that's really… law enforcement can't do everything. They need the community to be in there with them on these things. So funding some community-based efforts like violence, interruption programs, I think is a really, really good first step.

3. Paul Ryan:

   Those are the things that I got elected to do, those are the things that are within our purview in Congress. So I'm working on making sure that we make good on our promises and fix people's problems. That's what's in my control, and that's what I'm focused on.

4. Penn State University:

   Terms such as ‘junior’ and ‘senior’ are parallel to western male father-son naming conventions, and much of our written documentation uses he/she pronouns. the Faculty Senate’s decision pertains only to changes to course and program descriptions, which are within the purview of the Faculty Senate.

5. John Raymond:

   There will be additional segments to come, so for example there might be other units that are outside of Air Force Space Command purview that would also come into this service as well.