Word forms: 3rd person singular presenttense encompasses, present participle encompassing, past tense, past participle encompassed
1. verb
If something encompasses particular things, it includes them.
The extra services encompass a wide range of special interests. [VERB noun]
His repertoire encompassed everything from Bach to Schoenberg. [VERB noun]
Synonyms: include, hold, involve, cover More Synonyms of encompass
2. verb
To encompass a place means to completely surround or cover it.
Encompassing over a million square miles, this remote and mountainous domain presidesover the rest of Asia. [VERB noun]
The map shows the rest of the western region, encompassing nine states. [VERB noun]
More Synonyms of encompass
encompass in British English
(ɪnˈkʌmpəs)
verb(transitive)
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
Derived forms
encompassment (enˈcompassment)
noun
encompass in American English
(ɛnˈkʌmpəs; ɪnˈkʌmpəs)
verb transitive
1.
to shut in all around; surround; encircle
2.
to contain; include
3.
to bring about; achieve; contrive
to encompass its destruction
Derived forms
encompassment (enˈcompassment)
noun
Examples of 'encompass' in a sentence
encompass
The symptoms of an allergy vary from individual to individual and can literally encompass the whole body.
Holford, Patrick The Family Nutrition Workbook (1988)
The astonishing thing is that this parttime composer produced gigantic masterpieces encompassing whole worlds.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
Will it encompass a range of policies from health to education and crime?
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
And this is not just confined to the big companies but also encompasses smaller firms.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
But that is a sign of the complexity his engrossing book encompasses.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
It encompasses the whole of society.
Langan, Mary (ed) Taking Child Abuse Seriously: Contemporary issues in child protection theory andpractice (1990)
Her book encompasses lots of goodbyes.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
Egypt, was meant to encompass the whole world of learning.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
The general roles will encompass a wide range of tasks from distributing uniforms and checking tickets to assisting spectators and competitors with directions.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
This is a brilliant book, encompassing themes way beyond the narrow confines of sport.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
It is about the ideas that these objects encompass; about the meanings they carry in our modern life.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
These models encompassed a broad range from the smaller to the larger class of automobile but with the main emphasis on the middle-class vehicle.
Tom Cannon Basic Marketing. Principles and Practice (1986)
No single definition, no matter how detailed or succinct, can encompass the whole.
Christianity Today (2000)
Like the historical approach, it is a large umbrella, encompassing a range of disciplines.
Marcus J. Borg READING THE BIBLE AGAIN FOR THE FIRST TIME: Taking the Bible Seriously but Not Literally. (2001)
The Baroque approach also encompassed music, costume and performance.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
The term human resource management, is used in this book because it encompasses the management of people as well as the administration of personnel systems.
Tompkins, Jonathan Human Resource Management in Government (1995)
It also encompasses concerns with important issues such as low pay, union rights and women's refuges.
The Sun (2015)
In other languages
encompass
British English: encompass VERB
If something encompasses particular things, it includes them.
...the extra services, which start next year and encompass a wide range of special interests.
American English: encompass
Brazilian Portuguese: abranger
Chinese: 包含
European Spanish: abarcar
French: englober
German: umfassen
Italian: comprendere
Japanese: 含む
Korean: 포함하다
European Portuguese: abranger
Latin American Spanish: abarcar
Chinese translation of 'encompass'
encompass
(ɪnˈkʌmpəs)
vt
(= include) 包含 (bāohán)
1 (verb)
Definition
to include all of
His repertoire encompassed everything from Bach to Scott Joplin.
Synonyms
include
The trip was extended to include a few other events.
hold
The small bottles don't seem to hold much.
involve
The cover-up involved people at the very highest level.
cover
The law covers four categories of experiments.
admit
Journalists are rarely admitted to the region.
deal with
contain
The committee contains 11 Democrats and nine Republicans.
take in
embrace
a theory that would embrace the whole field of human endeavour
incorporate
The new cars will incorporate a number of major improvements.
comprise
The exhibition comprises 50 oils and watercolours.
embody
The proposal has been embodied in a draft resolution.
comprehend
subsume
2 (verb)
Definition
to enclose within a circle
Egypt is encompassed by the Mediterranean, Sudan, the Red Sea and Libya.
Synonyms
surround
The church was surrounded by a rusted wrought-iron fence.
circle
This is the ring road that circles the city.
enclose
The land was enclosed by an eight-foot wire fence.
close in
envelop
the thick black cloud of smoke that enveloped the area
encircle
A forty-foot-high concrete wall encircles the jail.
fence in
ring
The area is ringed by troops.
girdle
The old town centre is girdled by a boulevard lined with trees.