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encompass

[en-kuhm-puhs]

verb (used with object)

  1. to form a circle about; encircle; surround.

    He built a moat to encompass the castle.

  2. to enclose; envelop.

    The folds of a great cloak encompassed her person.

  3. to include comprehensively.

    a work that encompasses the entire range of the world's religious beliefs.

  4. Obsolete.to outwit.



encompass

/ ɪˈʌə /

verb

  1. to enclose within a circle; surround

  2. to bring about; cause to happen; contrive

    he encompassed the enemy's ruin

  3. to include entirely or comprehensively

    this book encompasses the whole range of knowledge

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Other Word Forms

  • encompassment noun
  • unencompassed adjective
  • ˈdz貹Գ noun
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Word History and Origins

Origin of encompass1

First recorded in 1545–55; en- 1 + compass
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Fact check: Los Angeles is a sprawling Southern California city that encompasses more than 500 square miles.

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Three hours north of Sacramento, the Trinity Alps encompasses about 540,000 acres — about 130 times the size of Griffith Park — and features massive waterfalls, crystal-clear rivers and creeks, and dozens of turquoise alpine lakes.

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Cosm’s screen is crisp and encompassing enough that it can mimic movement or flight, and thankfully this is used sparingly, twisting only when the film’s characters take to the skies.

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Braniff spent the last two years leading the federal government’s main office dedicated to preventing “terrorism and targeted violence,” a term encompassing hate-fueled attacks, school shootings and political violence.

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Meanwhile, the imagery encompasses everything from Anubis, the Egyptian deity of the dead, to Liesl’s blasphemously bejeweled rosary that comes to symbolize the temptation to turn into her dad.

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