encompass
Collocations
3ADJ.
all
VERB + ENCOMPASS
cannot, fails, gave, rotate
ENCOMPASS + NOUN
earth, factors, ideas
Definitions
verb
To form a circle around; to encircle.
To include within its scope; to circumscribe or go round so as to surround; to enclose; to contain.
his piercing inſtruments of ſight: Whose fiery circles beare encompaſſed A heauen of heauenly bodies in their Spheares:
Those trajectories encompassed absolute social extremes: the kings of France making their solemn entries into Paris through the Ludovician Arch of the Porte [...]
To include completely; to describe fully or comprehensively.
This book on English grammar encompasses all irregular verbs.
To go around, especially, to circumnavigate.
Drake encompassed the globe.
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Synonyms
verb — include in scope
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Idioms & Phrases
Example Bank
6his piercing inſtruments of ſight: Whose fiery circles beare encompaſſed A heauen of heauenly bodies in their Spheares:
WiktionaryThose trajectories encompassed absolute social extremes: the kings of France making their solemn entries into Paris through the Ludovician Arch of the Porte [...]
WiktionaryIn order to address the systematic, processual character of interpersonal interactions — the larger mosaic of micro-level patterns — we must postulate subapparent but encompassing structures of social
WiktionaryThe optimal formula which would encompass all these factors has not been proposed.
Tatoeba · #55050The heavens rotate and encompass the earth, which stands in the middle.
Tatoeba · #7137687The definition you gave fails to encompass some of the variation we see.
Tatoeba · #8657075