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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

/ ɪ²Ôˈ°ìÊŒ³¾±èÉ™²õ /

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

  • ±ð²Ôˈ³¦´Ç³¾±è²¹²õ²õ³¾±ð²Ô³Ù, noun
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Other ˜yÐÄvlog Forms

  • ±ð²Ô·³¦´Ç³¾Â·±è²¹²õ²õ·³¾±ð²Ô³Ù noun
  • ³Ü²Ô·±ð²Ô·³¦´Ç³¾Â·±è²¹²õ²õ±ð»å adjective
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of encompass1

First recorded in 1545–55; en- 1 + compass
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Morgan’s reply may be apocryphal, but it encompasses the truism that investors should divorce their emotional response to the markets from the cold analysis that should underlie investment decisions, if possible.

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Micromobility encompasses a variety of vehicles, including electric bikes, scooters and skateboards.

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Politics now encompasses many if not most aspects of American culture from food to entertainment, dating, marriage, friendship networks, where one lives, religion and church attendance, and other aspects of day-to-day life.

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McLaren believe that running a team this way encompasses one key advantage that overrides the potential downsides - the drivers benefit from each other's competitiveness.

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A rarity for the National Park Service, the Point Reyes National Seashore has, since its founding in 1962, encompassed not just pristine wilderness but also working agricultural land.

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