encompassing

encompassing

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Something that's encompassing completely encloses or surrounds something else.

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An island, for example, sits in the midst of encompassing ocean waves.

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The adjective encompassing can describe things that literally encircle something, and also things that are so extensive that they seem to do so.

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For example, an encompassing history of World War II would include everything about the period, including the Holocaust.

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Encompassing comes from the verb encompass, "surround and hold within," or "include comprehensively," from the roots en-, "put in," and compass, "space or circumference."

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Definitions of encompassing

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1. closely encircling

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“encompassing mountain ranges”

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Synonyms:

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circumferent, surrounding

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close

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at or within a short distance in space or time or having elements near each other

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broad in scope or content

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across-the-board, all-embracing, all-encompassing, all-inclusive, blanket, broad, extensive, panoptic, wide

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comprehensive

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including all or everything

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