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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. 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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Derived Forms

  • ˈdz貹Գ, noun
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Other Word Forms

  • ·dz·貹·Գ noun
  • ܲ··dz·貹 adjective
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Word History and Origins

Origin of encompass1

First recorded in 1545–55; en- 1 + compass
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Example Sentences

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FND Action said the brain network disorder encompassed neurological symptoms including limb weakness, paralysis, seizures, walking difficulties, spasms, twitching, sensory issues and more.

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She admitted that Trump’s strategy — including tariffs on countries other than Vietnam — could affect her district, which encompasses Little Saigon.

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Supreme Court ruling that upheld the definition of harm to encompass “significant habitat modification or degradation.”

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Ostensibly concerning the life and times of Nick Shay, a waste-management executive, the 827-page novel encompasses mob hits, CIA schemes, the machinations of the art world and much more.

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Without theater — which today encompasses possibilities and forms the Athenians could not have imagined — democracy is deeply imperiled.

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