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encompass
en·com·pass E0127800 (ĕn-kŭm′pəs)tr.v. en·com·passed, en·com·pass·ing, en·com·pass·es 1. To form a circle or ring around; encircle.2. To enclose; envelop: "The blackness of the eternal night encompassed me" (Edgar Allan Poe).3. To have as part of something larger; include: a galaxy encompassing billions of stars. See Synonyms at include. en·com′pass·ment n.encompass (ɪnˈkʌmpəs) vb (tr) 1. to enclose within a circle; surround2. 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. enˈcompassment nen•com•pass (ɛnˈkʌm pəs) v.t. 1. to form a circle about. 2. to enclose. 3. to include comprehensively. 4. to bring about. [1545–55] en•com′pass•ment, n. encompass Past participle: encompassed Gerund: encompassing
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encompass | encompass |
Present |
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I encompass | you encompass | he/she/it encompasses | we encompass | you encompass | they encompass |
Preterite |
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I encompassed | you encompassed | he/she/it encompassed | we encompassed | you encompassed | they encompassed |
Present Continuous |
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I am encompassing | you are encompassing | he/she/it is encompassing | we are encompassing | you are encompassing | they are encompassing |
Present Perfect |
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I have encompassed | you have encompassed | he/she/it has encompassed | we have encompassed | you have encompassed | they have encompassed |
Past Continuous |
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I was encompassing | you were encompassing | he/she/it was encompassing | we were encompassing | you were encompassing | they were encompassing |
Past Perfect |
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I had encompassed | you had encompassed | he/she/it had encompassed | we had encompassed | you had encompassed | they had encompassed |
Future |
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I will encompass | you will encompass | he/she/it will encompass | we will encompass | you will encompass | they will encompass |
Future Perfect |
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I will have encompassed | you will have encompassed | he/she/it will have encompassed | we will have encompassed | you will have encompassed | they will have encompassed |
Future Continuous |
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I will be encompassing | you will be encompassing | he/she/it will be encompassing | we will be encompassing | you will be encompassing | they will be encompassing |
Present Perfect Continuous |
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I have been encompassing | you have been encompassing | he/she/it has been encompassing | we have been encompassing | you have been encompassing | they have been encompassing |
Future Perfect Continuous |
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I will have been encompassing | you will have been encompassing | he/she/it will have been encompassing | we will have been encompassing | you will have been encompassing | they will have been encompassing |
Past Perfect Continuous |
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I had been encompassing | you had been encompassing | he/she/it had been encompassing | we had been encompassing | you had been encompassing | they had been encompassing |
Conditional |
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I would encompass | you would encompass | he/she/it would encompass | we would encompass | you would encompass | they would encompass |
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I would have encompassed | you would have encompassed | he/she/it would have encompassed | we would have encompassed | you would have encompassed | they would have encompassed | ThesaurusVerb | 1. | encompass - include in scope; include as part of something broader; have as one's sphere or territory; "This group encompasses a wide range of people from different backgrounds"; "this should cover everyone in the group"embrace, comprehend, coverdeal, plow, handle, treat, cover, address - act on verbally or in some form of artistic expression; "This book deals with incest"; "The course covered all of Western Civilization"; "The new book treats the history of China"include - have as a part, be made up out of; "The list includes the names of many famous writers" |
encompassverb1. include, hold, involve, cover, admit, deal with, contain, take in, embrace, incorporate, comprise, embody, comprehend, subsume His repertoire encompassed everything from Bach to Scott Joplin.2. surround, circle, enclose, close in, envelop, encircle, fence in, ring, girdle, circumscribe, hem in, shut in, environ, enwreath Egypt is encompassed by the Mediterranean, Sudan, the Red Sea and Libya.encompassverb1. To encircle with or as if with a band:band, begird, belt, cincture, compass, engirdle, gird, girdle, girt, ring.Archaic: engird.2. To shut in on all sides:begird, beset, circle, compass, encircle, environ, gird, girdle, hedge, hem, ring, surround.3. To have as a part:comprehend, comprise, contain, embody, embrace, have, include, involve, subsume, take in.Translationscomprendreengloberentourerinclurerenfermerattorniarecircondareincludereracchiuderebevattenomvattenabarcarcircundarcompreenderconterenglobarencompass
encompass (someone or something) in (something)To include or contain someone or something in something. Do you plan to encompass current residents in this rate hike?See also: encompassencompass someone or something (with)in somethingto surround or include someone or something within the domain or span of something. We encompassed the group within our administrative area. They could not encompass our neighborhood in the new school district.See also: encompassENCOMPASS
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ENCOMPASS➣Enhanced Consequence Management Planning and Support System (DARPA) |
encompass
Synonyms for encompassverb includeSynonyms- include
- hold
- involve
- cover
- admit
- deal with
- contain
- take in
- embrace
- incorporate
- comprise
- embody
- comprehend
- subsume
verb surroundSynonyms- surround
- circle
- enclose
- close in
- envelop
- encircle
- fence in
- ring
- girdle
- circumscribe
- hem in
- shut in
- environ
- enwreath
Synonyms for encompassverb to encircle with or as if with a bandSynonyms- band
- begird
- belt
- cincture
- compass
- engirdle
- gird
- girdle
- girt
- ring
- engird
verb to shut in on all sidesSynonyms- begird
- beset
- circle
- compass
- encircle
- environ
- gird
- girdle
- hedge
- hem
- ring
- surround
verb to have as a partSynonyms- comprehend
- comprise
- contain
- embody
- embrace
- have
- include
- involve
- subsume
- take in
Synonyms for encompassverb include in scopeSynonymsRelated Words- deal
- plow
- handle
- treat
- cover
- address
- include
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