Definition of "ambit"

(by extension)

1. The extent of actions, thoughts, or the meaning of words, etc.  examples

2. The area or sphere of control and influence of something.  quotations  examples

   Quotations

   • He had invited Destiny to sweep him up in her reaping, by placing himself in the ambit of her scythe; but the sharp reaping-hook had passed him by.

     1913, Gilbert Parker, “‘The Alpine Fellow’”, in The Judgment House […], uniform edition, Toronto, Ont.: The Copp, Clark Co., book IV, pages 412–413

(archaic) The boundary around a building, town, region, etc.

(archaic, rare) The circumference of something circular; also, an arc; a circuit, an orbit.

(obsolete) Chiefly in the plural form ambits: the open space surrounding a building, town, etc.; the grounds or precincts of a place.