ENCOMPASSING Definition & Meaning

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encompassing

[ en-kuhm-puh-sing ]

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adjective

forming a circle around something; encircling or surrounding:
She serves the whole Anchorage real estate market, including the encompassing communities.
comprehensively including, addressing, or dealing with all parts or aspects of something:
Whether as a regular treatment or a special indulgence, your fully encompassing spa experience will leave you looking and feeling fantastic!
fully enclosing or enveloping something:
As she looked out reflectively over the lake, the encompassing quiet was sliced by the shrill sound of her cell phone.

noun

the act or state of surrounding, enclosing, or comprehensively including something:
The term “diaspora” allows for the encompassing of a wider range of people and experiences than “immigrants.”

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�y��vlog History and Origins

Origin of encompassing¹

First recorded in 1565–75; encompass ( def ) + -ing ²( def ) for the adjective senses; encompass ( def ) + -ing ¹( def ) for the noun sense

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He essentially was all encompassing for the Clippers in delivering them to a 123-115 win over the Detroit Pistons at the Intuit Dome on Wednesday night.

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With negotiations already running well behind schedule, the upcoming stage is supposed to take hold in March, encompassing the release of the remaining hostages and a permanent cease-fire.

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Many painkiller options already exist, with opioids remaining the most effective drugs in most cases where severe acute, nociceptive pain is concerned — that aching, throbbing pain encompassing everything from bruises to arthritis to broken bones.

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Betar, however, has an expansive view of what constitutes support for terror, with Glick's definition including those who advocate for a single, secular democratic state encompassing both Israel and the Palestinian territories.

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The resulting music is suitably creepy, encompassing decaying jazz, abrasive industrial and the occasional section of ambient unease.

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