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encompass::verb | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | comprehend, cover, embrace |
| Type of | include |
| Verb group | cover, deal, address, plow, treat, handle |
| Derivation | encompassment |
This group encompasses a wide range of people from different backgrounds.
Examples of encompass
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The retailer has some 1,000 stores that encompass almost 20 million square feet.
From the businessweek.com
It's like citrus fruit, which encompass oranges, lemons, limes, grapefruit, etc.
From the washingtonpost.com
Aetna's health care transparency initiatives encompass three specific resources.
From the foxbusiness.com
Views encompass Arthur's Seat, the famous hillside peak in nearby Holyrood Park.
From the nytimes.com
Here, the palette is broadened to encompass spookier, more atmospheric material.
From the independent.co.uk
Spectacular isn't a big enough word to encompass the show's breathtaking impact.
From the thisisbristol.co.uk
The feast will encompass a menu with influences ranging from Singapore to China.
From the dailynews.com
The term electrical engineering may or may not encompass electronic engineering.
From the en.wikipedia.org
Eventually, his career would also encompass film, television and nightclub work.
From the en.wikipedia.org
- Embrace: 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"
- (encompassing) across-the-board: broad in scope or content; "across-the-board pay increases"; "an all-embracing definition"; "blanket sanctions against human-rights violators"; "an invention with broad applications"; "a panoptic study of Soviet nationality"- T.G.Winner; "granted him wide powers"
- Encompassing(a): closely encircling; "encompassing mountain ranges"; "the surrounding countryside"
- (encompassment) including entirely
- Encompass, the Enterprise Computing Association, was the original computer user group for business customers of Hewlett-Packard. Encompass's history begins with DECUS, founded in 1961, for customers of the Digital Equipment Corporation, which was acquired in 1998 by Compaq.nThe U.S. ...
- Encompass is a company based in the United States and was acquired by Yahoo!.
- To form a circle around; to encircle; To include within its scope; to circumscribe or go round so as to surround; to enclose; to contain; To include completely; to describe fully or comprehensively; To go around, especially, to circumnavigate
- Surround, encircle, envelop, contain, include, cause/caused
