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encompass English

Meaning encompass meaning

What does encompass mean?

encompass

— verb (= cover) 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

Synonyms encompass synonyms

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encompass English » English

surround encircle enclose besiege envelop include hem in cover compass about circumscribe beleaguer environ embrace beset span round invest inclose gird crowd around contain comprehend compass begird wrap vest touch on surrounded by sur-round shut in shut ring refer protect pervade mean lay siege to indue immure hem have meanings have implications go round extend enwrap envelope entwine enfold endue encapsulate

Conjugation encompass conjugation

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encompass · verb

Examples encompass examples

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I want to encompass all the knowledge I can in my brief span.
I do not object to absurd theatre but nevertheless I don't believe that this form of theatre can encompass modern man in his full extent and depth.
My power is greater than your imagination can encompass - you just remember that.
Could time be too narrow to encompass all events?
Now, at last, the empire of Mandragora will encompass the Earth, for Demnos is only the servant of Mandragora, and Mandragora is a mighty master of all things.
The Treasury have looked at your proposal again and they can encompass your tax cut, provided no work is needed on the anti-smoking proposal.
I think, on the one hand, they were trying to encompass too much.
Yes, Captain, we are unable to encompass the entire moon.
I can create a large enough subspace field to encompass everyone.
I could modify the Defiant's phaser array to generate a beam wide enough to encompass the entire comet.
NSK, or Neue Slowenische Kunst, would encompass music, theater, design, architecture, and the visual arts.
Let the hand encompass us.
Uh, we think we can establish a shield bubble large enough to encompass all our ships, but we have no way to compensate for the graviton stress.
Expand our hyperspace field to encompass the entire asteroid.
The dot wants to encompass the circle.
The entire anti-life matter that that thing puts out could someday encompass the entire galaxy.
We can't encompass the entire moon.
If her calculations are off, it could encompass us.
Let the hand encompass us. Do thy will.
Depending on its radiant intensity, it could encompass a ship or a planet.
My database does not encompass the dynamics of human pair bonding.
The blast radius from a single shot could conceivably encompass the entire city.
It's this entirely separate world and you encompass most of it.
Maybe it was imagination that physics is just that branch of science which creates a systems of laws and principles which are so general as to be able to describe reality, to encompass the world.
Yet even them I can't encompass and I project things into them that don't exist.
The blast radius from one shot could encompass the entire city.
An endless Empire of Pompeii, reaching out from this city to topple Rome itself, and encompass the whole wide world.
Because string theory can encompass both the tiny quantum world and the vast world of space, it looked like it might hold the answer to the problem of gravity that was so tormenting Hawking.
Because it's an event that we've held for several years, the scope of what it can encompass is more narrow than one would think.

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The web of contracts, however, can also be understood as complex adaptive market systems, which encompass the state and family relations as well.
Especially troublesome is Israel's construction of huge concrete dividing walls in populated areas and high fences in rural areas - located entirely on Palestinian territory and often with deep intrusions to encompass more land and settlements.
The Middle East urgently needs support in creating a regional stability charter to encompass codes of conduct, goals for regional cooperation, and the mechanisms of a regional cohesion fund to tackle underdevelopment and fund new infrastructure.
But research over the past 30 years indicates that true altruism does exist and can extend beyond kin and community to encompass the welfare of humans generally - and that of other species.
American policymakers focused primarily on enlarging NATO to encompass many of the former Warsaw Pact countries, and on contending with the post-Yugoslav wars.
Immediate welfare costs, for example, can be passed on to the next generation, which will encompass these immigrants' children.
I came to realize that the political answer to this crisis must encompass more than improved regulatory regimes, risk-management strategies, and capital requirements.
Similar to reformists, who encompass a broad range of political ideals, Iranian conservatives are a mixed bag. Many are reactionary religious fundamentalists who abhor the concept of democracy.
But is this enough to encompass the emerging institutional and constitutional settings of the Union?
Economic growth must encompass all regions of the country, and people must have equal social guarantees, rights, and opportunities regardless of their place of residence.
Though serious, the charges against him - recruiting child soldiers - do not pretend to encompass the range of abuses committed.
The MDGs encompass eight goals, 21 targets, and 60 indicators.
Popular democratic protests that started on a small scale in mid-February outside Sanaa University have widened to encompass the whole country.
By contrast, in terms of creativity, Latin American flair shines well beyond Brazil and its confirmed emerging-power status in the world to encompass countries such as Argentina, Uruguay, and even Chile.
All the above categories encompass some genuine disorders.
Similarly, technology policies should encompass both domestic development and technology transfer.
Similar to reformists, who encompass a broad range of political ideals, Iranian conservatives are a mixed bag.

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