purview
/ˈpɜrvyu/
noun
- The range or scope of someone's authority, responsibility, or interest.
- As manager, hiring new staff is part of her purview.
- Deciding on the budget is within the purview of the finance committee.
- That issue falls outside the purview of the local government.
- The range of vision or understanding; what someone can see or comprehend.
- The details of the plan were beyond the purview of the average citizen.
- The scientist's research expanded the purview of human knowledge.
- From the tower, the entire valley came into his purview.