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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 encompasses
encompasses
That aspect is there, but like its titular character, the film encompasses much.
From the tennessean.com
According to its website, the movement encompasses about 1,700 cities worldwide.
From the dailyherald.com
Nowadays, though, the Taliban encompasses a vast and disparate array of players.
From the time.com
Today the Hilton Hotels Corp. encompasses some 3,300 properties in 78 countries.
From the time.com
Our mammalness encompasses many of the critically important facets of our lives.
From the scienceblogs.com
Their site and services encompasses all the needs of this industry in one place.
From the jobview.monster.com
It encompasses about 20 miles of waterways and provides access to Tangier Sound.
From the washingtonpost.com
The Aeronautical Center encompasses more than 1,000 acres and has 128 buildings.
From the orlandosentinel.com
The agency encompasses 380,000 acres, or fully half the land area in the Delta.
From the sacbee.com
- 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
